Full Description
The Samoan Islands are virtually unique in that tattooing has been continuously practised 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 3000 years of Samoan tatau. 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.
Contents
Foreword: Sean Mallon 10
Foreword: Sébastien Galliot 12
Introduction 14
CHAPTER 1: Tatau: Ancient Traces 19
CHAPTER 2:
Tatau: European encounters and observations, 1722-1900 33
Greg Semu portfolio 177
CHAPTER 3:
Tatau: Persistence and change,1900-2000 97
Greg Semu portfolio 177
CHAPTER 4:
Tatau as a ritual institution, 2000-2010 178
John Agcaoili portfolio 225
CHAPTER 5:
Tatau and its globalisation, 2000-2017 241
Postscript 298
Acknowledgements 302
Glossary 304
Bibliography 308
Image credits 319
About the contributors 320
Index 322
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