Title Information
Pac.GT2346.M433S64 2009
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Book
TITLE:
Tattooing in the Marshall Islands / Dirk H.R. Spennemann.
AUTHOR:
Spennemann, Dirk R.
PUBLISHED:
Honolulu : Bess Press, c2009.
DESCRIPTION:
xii, 204 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 23 cm.
NOTES:
First published in 1992.
NOTES:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [192]-204).
NOTES:
The sources -- Marshallese dress -- The tattoo motifs -- The men's tattoos -- The women's tattoos -- Scar tattooing -- Tattooing utensils -- The tattooing ceremony -- Tattooing in Marshallese folklore -- The context of tattooing -- The frequency of tattooing -- The banning of tattooing
NOTES:
- A future for Marshallese tattooing?
SUBJECT:
Tattooing--Marshall Islands.
SUBJECT:
Human body--Social aspects--Marshall Islands.
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