Lars KrutakLars Krutak is a research associate in the department of anthropology at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. He is the author of Tattoo Traditions of Native North America: Ancient and Contemporary Expressions of Identity LM Publishers, 2014; distributed by University of Washington Press), Spiritual Skin: Magical Tattoos Scarification (Editions Reuss, 2012), Kalinga Tattoo: Ancient and Modern Expressions of the Tribal (Editions Reuss, 2010), and The Tattooing Arts of Tribal Women (Bennett & Bloom, 2007). Read More Read Less