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Alan Gutchess Tattoo History Presentations
Alan Gutchess is the Director of the Fort Pitt Museum in Pittsburgh. He has spent the last 15 years researching the history of tattooing and other forms of body modification in America between the years 1700 and 1900 as practiced by Euro-Americans, Native Americans and African Americans.
His presentation, Your Great, Great, Great, Grandmother Had Ink: The Tattooed Ladies of Early America, will examine the pictorial and written evidence of tattooed Euro-American, Native American, and Afro-American women during the 17th, 18th, and early 19th centuries.
Alan's second presentation, Native American Ink: Tattoo Designs & Practices of Eastern American Indians, will examine the use of tattooing among the original inhabitants of America during the 17th and 18th centuries, including commonly utilized patterns, symbols, and tattooing techniques.
The Tattooed Ladies of Early America
Saturday, October 27th from 1-2pm(FREE)
Interstate Room
Native American Ink: Tattoo Designs & Practices of Eastern American Indians
Sunday, October 28th from 1-2pm(FREE)
Interstate Room |
