septum piercing
These are videos of Septum piercings done at a local tattoo shop, Diamond Tattoo
Septum Piercing is the 2nd most common piercing amoung primative people
after ear piercing, it is even more common then nostril piercings.Among
the Asmat tribe of Irian Jaya the most prestigous septum tusk is the
"Otsj" this is a large bone plug, which can be as thick as 25mm. They
are usually made of the leg bones of a pig, but occasionally they are
made from the Tibia bone of an enemy slain in battle.
Nose piercings dates back to nearly 4,000 years ago in the Middle East.
In The Bible in Genesis 24:22 Abraham requested his oldest servant to find a wife for his son Isaac, the servant found Rebekah, and one of the gifts he gave her was a "golden earring" the original Hebrew word used was Shanf, which also translates as "nose-ring". Nose rings were brought to India in the 19th Century by the Middle Easterners, in the west the nose ring appeared on Hippies who had travelled to India in the 1960's. It was later adopted by the Punk culture in the 70's as a sign or resettlement against society.
Devotees of the Chinese shrine of Jui Tui, pierce their cheeks during a procession of Vegetarian Festival on October 5, 2008, in Phuket Island, Thailand. Ritual Vegetarianism in Phuket Island traces it roots back to the early 1800's. The festival begins on the first evening of the ninth lunar month and lasts for nine days. Participants in the festival perform acts of body piercing as a means of shifting evil spirits from individuals onto themselves and bring the community good luck.
This is a modern form of extreme piercings.
Earlobe piercing was mans first attempt at piercings. The oldest found mummy was found in the Austrian Glacier in 1991 dating back 5,000 years, the body had pierced ears and the lobes had been stretched to 7-11 mm.
Navel Piercings is modern and has never been recorded in primitive history.This is more of a feminine piercing as womens stomachs are shaped and formed differently than mens.
The history of Nipple Piercings goes to the Roman Centurions whom wore leather armour breast plates which were shaped to fit the body and rings were sometimes placed in these breastplates where the nipples appeared to be, the rings were used to hang a cape from.
Nipple piercing was once practised by the Karankawa indians of Texas and is still practiced in the Mountains of Algeria, by women of the nomadic Kabyle tribe. In the west nipple piercing has made a resurgence, with many famous people having their nipples pierced ie. Lenny Kravitz, Jaye Davidson (The Crying Game), Gerry Connelly (Comedian), Tommy Lee (Drummer Motley Crue- Husband of Pamela Stephenson Baywatch) and Axl Rose (Guns & Roses).
The Prince Albert piercing is named after Prince Albert who was the husband of Queen Victoria of England. He was reputeded to have had this piercing done prior to his marriage to the queen around 1825, at that time Beau Brummel started the craze for ultra tight mens trousers. Because the pants were so tight, the penis needed to be held to one side or the other so as not to create an unsightly bulge. To accomplish this some men had their penis pierced to allow it to be held by a hook on the inside of the trousers, this piercing was called a "Dressing Ring" at the time because tailors would ask if a gentleman dressed to the left or the right and tailor the trousers accordingly, tailors to this day will ask if you dress to the left or right.
The piercing of the Fraenulum is probably the second-most popular male
genital piercing, it is usually incorrectly referred to as a "Frenum"
piercing but this an abbreviated version of the true word Fraenulum .
The Fraenulum is the small ridge of flesh joining the foreskin to the
Glans of the penis, in most cases circumcision removes or destroys it,
however in rare cases it still exists after circumcision. There is only one case detected in primative history.
The word "Guiche" is supposed to mean an opening in French, the actual translation is "window". This piercing is supposed to be a Samoan puberty ritual, but Derek Freeman Professor Emeritus of the Anthropology Department of The Australian National University, one of the world"s foremost authorities on Samoa informed me that he had no experience of this practice in Samoa. The puberty ritual practiced in Samoa is sub incision, this is where the underneath of the foreskin is cut down to the fraenulum. Professor Freeman stated that this practice has never existed in Samoa, and if it had in the past he would have been aware of it.
Doug Malloy Travelled to Tahiti just before WW2, where he met an Australian sailor who had jumped ship named Reggie Jones. Reggie told Doug about the piercing, and performed the piercing for him.
Doug Malloy said that this piercing originated in Tahiti, the piercing was done at age 12-14 and a leather thong inserted into the piercing, a small weight either a rock or a shell was hung from the thong once the piercing was healed. The procedure was performed by a "Mahu", in Tahiti a Mahu is a transvestite male who has taken on the role of a woman, they are highly respected members of society, and they were said to possess magical powers by adherants of the ancient Tahitian religion.
The Hafada piercing is a scrotum piercing on the side of the scrotum, where there is a crease. It is supposed to have originated in Arabia and spread through Northern Africa and the Middle East. The piercing is carried out as a puberty ritual, it is generally done on the left hand side. The piercing was supposedly bought back to Europe by French Foreign Legionaries when they were stationed in what is now Lebanon and Syria.
Scrotum piercings aren't practiced by any primitive tribes - this is a modern piercing as well. No cases have been detected in primitive history.
The word Clitoris was used over 2,500 thousand years ago by the ancient Greeks to describe a part of the female genitals, most probably the Labia Minora or Inner lips of the Vagina. In 1593 at the trial of a woman accused of witchcraft, the inquisitor (a married man) discovered a Clitoris for the first time. When he saw this "little lump of flesh sticking out to the length of half an inch" he decided that it must be the "Devil's Teat". The other inquisitors, likewise astounded, agreed and on this fact the woman was convicted and executed for witchcraft. The word "Clitoris" first appeared in the English language in 1615, it was used in an early anatomy book to describe a small, sensitive organ located underneath the upper apex of the Labia Minora.
