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Borneo: a Kenyah man demonstrating the blowpipe, Sarawak, North Borneo. Photograph attributed to Charles Hose.

Borneo: a Dyak man demonstrating the blowpipe. Photograph, 19--.

[Undated newspaper cutting (early 19th century?) about Dock, the Wild Indian Venus, a Brazilian of the Butucudos tribe with a lower lip plate and ear tips resting on her shoulders, to be seen "at the Crown Hotel".  ].

Piercing, tatouage : risques d'infections : mesures élémentaires de prévention / Ministère de la Santé et des Solidarités, L'INPES.

A woman and a girl having an ear and a nose pierced, a boy receiving stitches on his arm and a man having his hair cut, another a shave; a warning about the dangers of using unsterilized equipment and contracting the HIV virus by Spitnacs, Societal Projects Information Training Networking and Consultancy Services. Colour lithograph, ca 1997.

A bare-chested man against a brick wall wearing sadomasochism gear including leather trousers, a studded arm strap, a cap and a pierced nipple, pierces his thumb with the sharp end of a knife; with the front cover of a brochure with the title 'Safer Sex Hard'; an advertisement for safer hard sex by the AIDS-Hilfe Schweiz, AIDS Suisse Contre le SIDA and Aiuto AIDS Svizzero. Colour lithograph by Hans Winer and Loge 70.

A face with nose and ear ring and flower tattoo with block of text explaining risks of body piercing; an advertisement for the National Aids Helpline by the Liverpool Health Promotion Agency. Colour lithograph, 1994.

Two syringes with a public warning about the importance of needle sterilization to prevent the spread of diseases like AIDS; an advertisement by the Ministry of Health, Fiji and World Health Organization. Colour lithograph.

The customized body / Ted Polhemus ; photography by Housk Randall.

Sadomasochism leather gear including a mask, a dildo, handcuffs, nipple piercing chains, a collar and a whip; advertising safe sex. Colour lithograph by J. Mang and trash line design for the Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe e.V.

A bare-chested man against a brick wall wearing sadomasochism gear including leather trousers, a leather jacket, a leather belt across his chest, a pierced nipple and a belt bearing an eagle logo; with the message in German: ''randy on safer sex'; an advertisement for safer hard sex by the AIDS-Hilfe Schweiz, sponsored by Loge 70 Schweiz. Colour lithograph by Hans Wilner.

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[Undated newspaper cutting (early 19th century?) about Dock, the Wild Indian Venus, a Brazilian of the Butucudos tribe with a lower lip plate and ear tips resting on her shoulders, to be seen "at the Crown Hotel". ].

The customized body / Ted Polhemus ; photography by Housk Randall.

Borneo: a Kenyah man demonstrating the blowpipe, Sarawak, North Borneo. Photograph attributed to Charles Hose.

Sadomasochism leather gear including a mask, a dildo, handcuffs, nipple piercing chains, a collar and a whip; advertising safe sex. Colour lithograph by J. Mang and trash line design for the Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe e.V.