Traditional lineageHeritage · SamoaRegion · Sāmoa
Su'a Sulu'ape Paulo II
Tufuga tā tatau · Sāmoa · Aotearoa
- Style
- Hand-tap tatau (pe'a & malu)
- Regions served
- SāmoaAotearoa (New Zealand)
- Tradition
- Samoa tradition →
About II’s work
A leading tufuga of the Sulu'ape family, credited with bringing traditional Samoan hand-tap tatau to international attention through work and demonstrations in Aotearoa, Europe and the United States before his death in 1999.
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Sources & citations
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- Wikipedia — Sulu'ape family of tattooists ↗en.wikipedia.org
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