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(Created page with "<html><div class="mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr" id="mw-content-text" lang="en"><p><b>George Catlin</b> (<a href="/index.php?title=1796" title="1796">1796</a> – December 23, <a href="/index.php?title=1872" title="1872">1872</a>) was a self-taught American painter known for his portraits of <a href="/index.php?title=Native_American" title="Native American">Native Americans</a>. During his career he documented 48 different Native American tribes. Many of the <a class="mw-red...")
 
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<html><div class="mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr" id="mw-content-text" lang="en"><p><b>George Catlin</b> (<a href="/index.php?title=1796" title="1796">1796</a> – December 23, <a href="/index.php?title=1872" title="1872">1872</a>) was a self-taught American painter known for his portraits of <a href="/index.php?title=Native_American" title="Native American">Native Americans</a>.  During his career he documented 48 different Native American tribes. Many of the <a class="mw-redirect" href="/index.php?title=Body_modification" title="Body modification">body modification</a> practices of the people he painted are clearly documented in his portraits.  He also took extensive notes on the customs of the people he painted.  Some of his portraits are the only known portrayals of some tribes, most notably the <a class="new" href="/index.php?title=Mandan&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" title="Mandan (page does not exist)">Mandan</a> tribe, whose <a href="/index.php?title=O-Kee-Pa" title="O-Kee-Pa">O-Kee-Pa</a> ritual he documented.
[[File:MadonnaPiercing.jpg|thumb|180px|Monroe]]
</p><p>Catlin also formed some of the earliest <a class="new" href="/index.php?title=Wild_West_shows&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" title="Wild West shows (page does not exist)">Wild West shows</a>, portrayals both in the United States and Europe, exposing thousands of audience members to his paintings.  In <a href="/index.php?title=1852" title="1852">1852</a>, he went bankrupt and sold his paintings to a private collector, whose descendants later donated them to the Smithsonian.
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<h2> <span class="mw-headline" id="External_Links">External Links</span></h2>
<ul><li> <a class="external text" href="http://catlinclassroom.si.edu/cl." rel="nofollow">Campfire Stories webpage on George Catlin</a>
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'''Upper lip beauty mark piercing'''


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A '''Madonna''' is a [[Labret|labret]] placed in the upper lip, off-center, in the same place that a number of starlets have beauty marks (moles). [[Jewelry|Jewelry]] is often around 14 gauge [[Labret stud|labret studs]], or even jewelled [[Labret stud|labret studs]].
 
== Alternative Names ==
[[File:Crayfish_Piercing-1.jpg|thumb|180px|Swirly Wanx Sinatra]]
 
;Monroe
;Chrome Crawford / Steel Crawford
;Crayfish piercing
: a [[Local term|local term]] for a paired high placement of '''Madonna piercings'''. This term was coined by Swirly Wanx Sinatra (yes, that's his real name) due to the longer initial bars making him look like a crayfish.

Latest revision as of 08:16, 17 September 2023

Monroe

Upper lip beauty mark piercing

A Madonna is a labret placed in the upper lip, off-center, in the same place that a number of starlets have beauty marks (moles). Jewelry is often around 14 gauge labret studs, or even jewelled labret studs.

Alternative Names

Swirly Wanx Sinatra
Monroe
Chrome Crawford / Steel Crawford
Crayfish piercing
a local term for a paired high placement of Madonna piercings. This term was coined by Swirly Wanx Sinatra (yes, that's his real name) due to the longer initial bars making him look like a crayfish.
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