This mummified head of a woman from the pre-Inca Chiribaya culture, located at the Azapa Museum in Arica, Chile, is adorned with facial tattoos on her lower left cheek.


The two images above are of a South American woman with tattoos on her breasts and face are from "Mummies of the World" the largest travelling exhibition of mummies ever assembled. The 45 mummies and 95 artifacts in the show came from 15 museums in seven countries.

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