Traditional lineageHeritage · Pan-PolynesianRegion · Global / diaspora
Tricia Allen
Historian, author, tattoo artist · Hawaiʻi
- Style
- Research & practice
- Regions served
- Global / diaspora
- Tradition
- Pan-Polynesian
About Allen’s work
Author of Tattoo Traditions of Hawaiʻi and The Polynesian Tattoo Today, and long-time researcher of Polynesian tattoo history. Her published work is among the most cited English-language sources on the subject.
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Sources & citations
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- Publisher — Tattoo Traditions of Hawaiʻi ↗mutualpublishing.com
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