Wilcken, Lane

Lane Wilcken is also the author of Filipino Tattoos Ancient to Modern. He is an artisan of ancient technology & art, Co-Director of the Center for Babaylan Studies, & the Editor-in-Chief of 808ink, Hawaii's premier tattoo magazine. Lane was born from a native Ilokana mother from the both Ilocos regions in the Philippines and an American father of English and Scandinavian descent. Lane's maternal family was well acquainted in the traditional spiritual practices of the Philippines, his grandmother was a mangngilut (midwife and healer) and communicator with ancestral spirits. His great-great gran...