Download or read book The Body Decorated written by Victoria Ebin and published by [London ; New York] : Thames and Hudson. This book was released on 1979 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines a variety of tattooing, scarification, painting and adornment techniques used in Africa, Asia, America, and Oceania since the eighteenth century with a discussion of body adornment in rituals and religion