In June 2012, Rihanna covered up her music notes tattoo and replaced it with a large Egyptian falcon. She shared a picture of the ink on twitter with the caption “Falcon: a light that shines in the darkness! Never close their eyes during sleep.” Bang Bang – who inked this tattoo – told US Weekly “It’s the first tattoo she wanted as a teen….She wanted it across her back back then.”

It appears as if the bird has been tattooed in a way to look like a handgun, although Rihanna could have gotten the inspiration for the tattoo from a 2,300-year-old faience falcon. The falcon is on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, where the tattoo artist does most of his work.

Rihanna told Oprah the meaning of her tattoo: “Back in the day, they would carve into the walls and they would carve a falcon, because they didn’t have another way of saying a king in the sky.”

Falcon: a light that shines in the darkness! Never close their eyes during sleep

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Faience Inlays for wooden shrines: Falcon

Falcon shit!!!!

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Attitude gyal #pouritup #bts #mtfphotography

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Late birthday gift, vintage Chanel anklet #CCcertified

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Time to get this bitch @mforde11 out the bed!!!

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She.

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posted by Linda on December 2, 2016

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