Tattooing in the Marquesas by Willowdean Chatterson Handy

Tattooing in the Marquesas by Willowdean Chatterson Handy

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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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Tattooing in the Marquesas by Willowdean Chatterson Handy

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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ISBN 13 9780486466125
ISBN 10 0486466124
Title Tattooing in the Marquesas
Author Willowdean Chatterson Handy
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Dover Publications Inc.
Year published 2008-08-29
Number of pages 80
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.