Tatau: A Cultural History of Samoan Tattooing
- ISBN-10
- 1742236162
- ISBN-13
- 9781742236162
- Series
- Tatau
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2018-09
- Publisher
- NewSouth
- Authors
- Sean Mallon, Sébastien Galliot
Description
A strikingly designed and richly illustrated retelling of theunique history of Samoan tattooing, from 3000 years ago to today. The Samoan Islands are unusual in that tattooing has beencontinuously practised with indigenous techniques: the design of the full maletattoo, the pe'a has evolved insubtle ways since the nineteenth century, but remains as elaborate, meaningfuland powerful as it ever was. This first history of Samoan tatau explores the people,encounters, events and external forces that have defined Samoan tattooing overmany centuries. Stunningly illustrated with images of nineteenth and twentiethcentury and contemporary Samoan tattoos, along with intricate diagrams of designsand motifs, Tatau is the definitiveguide to this rich and influential living art form.
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- 2023
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- Paperback
- University of Hawaii Press