ContemporaryHeritage · Samoa · AotearoaRegion · Aotearoa (New Zealand)
Tyla Vaeau
Tattooist, Pacific Sisters · Wellington, Aotearoa
- Style
- Malu, contemporary Samoan
- Regions served
- Aotearoa (New Zealand)
- Tradition
- Samoa · Aotearoa tradition →
About Vaeau’s work
One of the few women tattooing malu, profiled by Te Papa and the Pacific Sisters collective as a leading figure in the modern generation of Samoan women tattooists.
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Sources & citations
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- Te Papa — Pacific Sisters ↗tepapa.govt.nz
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