ContemporaryHeritage · Sāmoa · AotearoaRegion · Aotearoa (New Zealand)
Sāmoan Tatau — Sean Mallon
Curator & historian · Wellington, Aotearoa
- Style
- Tatau history
- Regions served
- Aotearoa (New Zealand)
- Tradition
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About Mallon’s work
Te Papa senior curator of Pacific cultures and co-author of Samoan Tatau: Institutions of Marking, one of the most-cited references on tatau history.
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Sources & citations
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- Te Papa Press — Samoan Tatau ↗tepapapress.co.nz
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