Which preposition to use with tattoo

on Occurrences 18%

He was a young savage, naked to the waist, and curiously tattooed on the forehead with the device of what seemed to be a rising or setting sun.

in Occurrences 10%

The device on it is the Eye of Osiris, a mystic symbol for which I have a sentimentally superstitious affection, as also had my poor uncle, who actually bore it tattooed in scarlet on his breast.

with Occurrences 7%

Most of them, both men and women, were tattooed with a reddish or blue colour, though only round the mouth, in the form of a moustache.

of Occurrences 7%

He had traveled in the face of the wind, and as he howled, a bull moose crashed through the scrub timber ahead of him, his horns rattling against the trees like the tattoo of a clear birch club as he put distance between himself and that cry.

at Occurrences 3%

" Concerning the Indians of Guiana we read in Im Thurn (195-96) that they have small distinctive tribal marks tattooed at the corners of the mouth or on the arms.

from Occurrences 2%

But since the journey of Carl Semper it has been known that not only Malays but also Negritos tattoo; indeed, this admirable explorer has decided that the "Negroes of the East Coast" practice a different method of tattooing from that of the Mariveles in the west, and on that account they attain different results.

over Occurrences 2%

It had been tattooed over her heart.

by Occurrences 2%

Bossu says regarding the practice of tattooing by the Osages (in 1756): "It is a kind of knighthood to which they are only entitled by great actions."

to Occurrences 1%

The Eskimos, about the age of puberty, apply paint and tattooing to their faces, cut holes and insert plugs or labrets.

across Occurrences 1%

Nearly every man has ten lines tattooed across the inside of his left arm, and these lines serve as a measurement of shell-money.

like Occurrences 1%

"Potters do not carry sword-scars like these, nor are they tattooed like English thanes.

for Occurrences 1%

It has been suggested that the body of a warrior may have been tattooed for the sake of identification in case the head was separated from it; for the Maoris carried on a regular trade in heads.

among Occurrences 1%

Still, whether fate commanded us to thatch our persons among the Eskimos or to choose the latest thing in tattooing among the Polynesian isles, our precious guide Comparison would teach us in the first place by likeness, and our clue to further knowledge would be resemblance to what we already know.

Which preposition to use with  tattoo