TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mallon,Sean
AU  - Galliot,Sebastien
TI  - Tatau: a history of Sāmoan tattooing 
SN  - 9780994136244
AV  - GT2346.S35 M35 2018
U1  - 391.65099614 23
PY  - 2018///
CY  - Wellington, New Zealand
PB  - Te Papa Press
KW  - Tattooing
KW  - Samoan Islands
KW  - Samoans
KW  - Social life and customs
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Tatau: ancient traces -- Tatau: European encounters and observations, 1722-1900 -- Tatau, Persistence and change, 1900-2000 -- Tatau as a ritual institution, 2000-2010 -- Tatau and its globalisation, 2000-2017
N2  - "The Sāmoan Islands are virtually unique in that tattooing has been continuously practised with indigenous techniques: the design of the full male tattoo, the peʻa, 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"--Publisher information
ER  -