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Tattooing in the Marquesas

by Willowdean Chatterson Handy

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This definitive survey offers rare glimpses of a dying art. Banned for decades by colonial authorities, the ancient tattoo rituals were vanishing at the time of this 1921 survey. Thirty-eight plates of black-and-white drawings and photographs provide an unusually complete, intimate, and authentic account of a sophisticated art.

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Definitive source on intricate tattoos of Polynesia's Marquesas Islands offers a rare glimpse of a vanished art. Its 38 plates of black-and-white drawings and photographs provide an unusually complete and intimate record.
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ISBN:
9780486466125
Author:
Handy, Willowdean Chatterson
Publisher:
Dover Publications
Subject:
General Social Science
Subject:
General
Subject:
Anthropology - Cultural
Subject:
Tattoos, Mehndi, & Body Painting, Etc.
Subject:
Ethnology
Subject:
Social life and customs
Subject:
Body Art & Tattooing
Subject:
Ethnology -- French Polynesia.
Subject:
Tattooing - French Polynesia -
Subject:
anthropology;cultural anthropology
Edition Description:
Trade Paper
Series:
Dover Books on Anthropology and Folklore
Publication Date:
20080611
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
38 plates
Pages:
80
Dimensions:
9.25 x 6.13 in 0.26 lb
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