Hamsa. Hamsa In Islam, the hamsa is called the Hand of Fatima, in honor of one of the daughters of the Prophet Mohammed.
Some say that in Islamic tradition the five fingers represent the Five Pillars of Islam In Ottoman Turkish this sign is called: 'pence-i al-i aba', with 'pence' meaning 'hand' or 'five', referring to the household of the Islamic prophet Muhammed. The household of Muhammed is enumerated as those five people over whom the prophet held a cloth; they are: Fatima-tül ZehraAli-el MürtezaHasan-ül MüctebaHüseyin-i Desht-i KerbelaMuhammed Etymology[edit]
Marketplace: Milwaukee tattoo guide, 2011. Note: The contents of this guide were checked for accuracy when this article was updated on April 16, 2011 at 4:04 p.m.
We continually update the thousands of articles on OnMilwaukee.com, but it's possible some details, specials and offers may have changed. As always, we recommend you call first if you have specific questions for the businesses mentioned in the guide. Although some believed tattoos would become a fad of the '90s, for the most part, they've remained fashionable with a variety of different social groups, from hipsters to bikers to sorority gals.
"They're still really out there in the media," says Adam Werther, owner of Adambomb Gallerie, 2228 N. Martin Luther King Dr.