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Title: |
Tatau |
| Sub-title: |
A History of Samoan Tattooing |
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| By (author): |
Sean Mallon, Sébastien Galliot |
| ISBN10-13: |
0994136242 : 9780994136244 |
| Illustrations: |
111 colour images |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| Size: |
255x200mm |
| Pages: |
320 |
| Weight: |
1.320 Kg. |
| Published: |
Te Papa Press - August 2018 |
| List Price: |
57.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: |
In Stock
Qty Available: 21 |
| Subjects: |
Body art & tattooing : Australasian & Pacific history : Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography |
| The Sāmoan Islands are virtually unique in that tattooing has been continuously practised with indigenous techniques: the design of the full male tattoo, the pe'a, has evolved in subtle ways since the nineteenth century, but remains as elaborate, meaningful and powerful as it ever was. This richly illustrated cultural history is the first publication to examine 3000 years of Sāmoan tatau. Through a chronology vivid with people, encounters and events, it describes how Sāmoan tattooing has been shaped by local and external forces over many centuries. It argues that Sāmoan tatau has a long history of relevance both within and beyond Sāmoa, and a more complicated history than is currently presented in the literature. |
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