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Tatau : a cultural history of Samoan tattooing / Sean Mallon and Sebastien Galliot ; with contributions from Tusiata Avia, Ron Brownson, Adrienne Kaeppler, Takahiro Kitamuro, Tupe Lualua, Tavita Maliko, Selina Tusitala Marsh, Leʻausalilo Lupematasila Fata ʻAuʻafa Sadat Muaiava, Lealiʻifano Albert L. Refiti, Benoit Robitaille, Nicholas Thomas, Nina Tonga, Maria Carolina Vesce, Maualaivao Albert Wendt, Sonya Withers, Rachel Yates

Catalog Data

Author:
Mallon, Sean  Search this
Galliot, Sebastien 1977-  Search this
Physical description:
327 pages ; 27 cm
Type:
Books
History
Place:
Samoan Islands
Date:
2018
Notes:
This edition of Tatau is published by arrangement with Te Papa Press
ANTH copy has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries, Gift from the Margery Masinter Foundation Endowment for Illustrated Books.
Contents:
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
Summary:
"Tatau is a beautifully designed and richly illustrated retelling of the unique and powerful history of Samoan tattooing, from 3,000 years ago to modern practices. The Samoan Islands are virtually unique in that tattooing has been continuously practiced with indigenous techniques: the full male tattoo, the pe'a has evolved in subtle ways in its design since the nineteenth century, but remains as elaborate, meaningful, and powerful as it ever was. This cultural history is the first publication to examine Samoan tatau from its earliest beginnings. Through a chronology rich with people, encounters, and events it describes how Samoan tattooing has been shaped by local and external forces of change over many centuries. It argues that Samoan tatau has a long history of relevance both within and beyond Samoa, and a more complicated history than is currently presented in the literature. It is richly illustrated with historical images of nineteenth and twentieth century Samoan tattooing, contemporary tattooing, diagrams of tattoo designs and motifs, and with supplementary photographs such as posters, ephemera, film stills and artefacts."
Topic:
Tattooing--History  Search this
Tribal tattoos--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1105696