Tattooing the world : Pacific designs in print & skin /

Tattooing the world : Pacific designs in print & skin / Juniper Ellis.

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"Juniper Ellis traces the origins and significance of modern tattoo in the works of nineteenth- and twentieth-century artists, travelers, missionaries, scientists, and such writers as Herman Melville, Margaret Mead, Albert Wendt, and Sia Figiel."--Book cover.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ellis, Juniper
Format: Ebook
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, ©2008.
Subjects:
Tribal tattoos > Polynesia
Tribal tattoos > New Zealand
Polynesians > Ethnic identity
Māori (New Zealand people) > Ethnic identity.
Decorative arts > Polynesia
Decorative arts, Māori.
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Summary:"Juniper Ellis traces the origins and significance of modern tattoo in the works of nineteenth- and twentieth-century artists, travelers, missionaries, scientists, and such writers as Herman Melville, Margaret Mead, Albert Wendt, and Sia Figiel."--Book cover.
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 275 pages : illustrations)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-259) and index.
ISBN:0231513100
9780231513104
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