ContemporaryHeritage · Diaspora · USARegion · United States
Aaron Bell
Owner, Slave to the Needle · Seattle, Washington
- Style
- Neo-tribal, Polynesian & Filipino
- Regions served
- United States
- Tradition
- Diaspora · USA
About Bell’s work
Seattle-based tattooist widely recognised for reviving Filipino and Polynesian tribal work on the US mainland, featured in Inked Magazine and the Smithsonian's coverage of Pacific tattoo revival.
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Sources & citations
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- Smithsonian Folklife — Pacific tattoo revival ↗folklife.si.edu
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