GARDEN GROVE – Not widely practiced, the tattooing art of tatau has been a right of passage for men and women in Samoa for centuries, and a small shop in Garden Grove is one of a few places stateside ...

“Tatau: Marks of Polynesia,” at the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles July 30-Jan. 8, looks at the Samoan practice of tattoo and how the patterns and motifs of these works of art help ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Small arrows, birds and stars adorn the tops of the soldier’s hands and fingers. Etched into her skin from the wrists up to her ...

Tatau: Marks of Polynesia, now at the Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokyo, looks at one of the oldest and most active tattooing traditions. With nearly 180 images from photographer John ...

HONOLULU (Island News)-- A Samoan Army Captain is the first soldier to receive approval to have traditional “tatau” or tattoos on her hands. This move not only honors Captain Isis Sake’s cultural ...

A festival Saturday will help close out an exhibit on Samoan tattooing in its final days at the Bishop Museum. “Tatau: Marks of Polynesia,” hosted at the museum since 2021, will be taken down and ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Showcasing traditional tatau designs, or tattoo designs, from masters to young up-and-coming artists and practitioners, Bishop Museum is unveiling a brand new exhibit Saturday, Nov.

Oahu’s Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum will debut a new exhibit in its J. M. Long Gallery: Tatau: Marks of Polynesia that will be on view from Nov. 13 through July 4, 2022. Through photographs taken in a ...

I lay on the mat of the open-air bungalow in Apia, Samoa, looking up at a gecko. As its tail quivered, I felt a sympathetic twitch in my leg. Su’a Sulu’ape Paulo III, the sixth-generation Samoan ...

A schoolteacher in the midst of receiving a full pe'a, the traditional Samoan tattoo generally worn by males. Christopher Lynn, CC BY-ND I lay on the mat of the open-air bungalow in Apia, Samoa, ...

I lay on the mat of the open-air bungalow in Apia, Samoa, looking up at a gecko. As its tail quivered, I felt a sympathetic twitch in my leg. Su’a Sulu’ape Paulo III, the sixth-generation Samoan ...