We start out with a five-thousand-year-old man who made headlines in October of 1991. The man was the first of his kind. The remains of a man from the Bronze Era with drawings on his body, tattoos. In addition to this discovery, many followed. There are tattooed mummies from ancient Egypt, Greek and Romans writers who write about tattooing, and many other cultures. Tattooing is not a new form of art. Old instruments of tattooing have been found as well. These instruments usually consisted of needles made of bone and disks with small holes. These disks were most likely used as holders for pigment. Many times, tattooed bodies also gave insight into culture and society during earlier time periods. Polynesia for example, tattooing played an important role in religious ritual as well as warfare. In addition, tattoo artists held high status in Samoan society. Feminity and masculinity were incorporated in Samoan tattoo designs as well. Samoan warrior tattooing and male tattooing stretched across many different patterns. On the other hand, female tattooing was limited to flower-like geometric designs (often times described as delicate). The first account of Polynesian tattooing was written by Sir Joseph Banks. In addition to this many people involved in the slave trade saw examples of tattooing and sometimes even heavily tattooed men were brought other countries to be exhibited as a curiosity.