Tattooing in the Marquesas
Author | : Willowdean Chatterson Handy |
Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | : 82 |
Release | : 2008-06-11 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780486466125 |
ISBN-13 | : 0486466124 |
Rating | : 4/5 (124 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Tattooing in the Marquesas by : Willowdean Chatterson Handy
Download or read book Tattooing in the Marquesas written by Willowdean Chatterson Handy and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2008-06-11 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.