Tavlugun

The tavluġun is an Indigenous Iñupiaq chin tattoo worn by women.

[1][2][3] Women received tavlugun after puberty when they were of an age to be married and demonstrated their inner strength and tolerance for pain.

[1] Marjorie Tahbone (Inupiaq/Kiowa) is a tattoo artist dedicated to reviving customary Alaska Native tattoos such as tavlugun.

She learned the Inupiaq techniques of tattooing and tattoo others.

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Photograph of an Inupiaq woman in Nome, Alaska, in 1903