The anthropology of art focuses on historical, economic and aesthetic dimensions in non­Western art forms, including what is known as ‘tribal art’. One of the central problems in the anthropology of art concerns the universality of ‘art’ as a cultural phenomenon. This study is focuses on to achieve the following objectives: to conserve various tattoo form of the Bhunjia tribe of Chhattisgarh with their scientific documentation and to discuss anthropological perspectives of the tattoo of the Bhunjia. The interview guide was used to collect the primary data. Group discussion technique was also used to collect and cross check the data. The photographs were taken for validation of data based on the given situation and incidents related to the subject. Bhunjia is numerically small and little­known tribes which mostly reside in the Nuapada district of Orissa and Gariaband district of Chhattisgarh. Bhunjia customarily craft tattoos by cutting drawings into the skin and rubbing the resulting wound with ink, ashes or other agents. Tattoo is called as Godna by the Bhunjia. A Godna is a form of body modification, made by inserting indelible ink into the dermis layer of the skin to change the pigment. This traditional Tattoo has religious and beauty significance for Bhunjia tribe. Bhunjia people think that Godna will accompany them even after their death. Various kind of art including tattoo of the Bhunjia are vanished. The younger generation of this community has forgotten their spiritual and aesthetic sense of tattoos. They don’t want to draw the tattoo on their body. Ethnographic documentations should be conducting among the Bhungia of Chhattisgarh for conserve such kind of intangible cultural heritage.

Keywords: Art; Tattoo; Bhunjia; Tribe; Chhattisgarh.