Captain Costentenus
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Captain Costentenus, or "The Greek Albanian," was a circus performer in the 1880s. A man who was tattooed over his entire body, he was a famous traveling attraction who claimed to have been kidnapped by Chinese Tartars and tattooed against his will.
[edit] References
- Carlyn Beccia, Who Put the B in the Ballyhoo? (Houghton Mifflin, 2007. ISBN 0618717188)
- Leonard Cassuto, The Inhuman Race: The Racial Grotesque in American Literature and Culture, p183. (Columbia University Press, 1997. ISBN 0231103360)
- Michigan State University: Attitudes About Tattooing, Attitudes in the 1800s.
- South Street Seaport Museum.
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