By Thomas Andrew, c. 1890, via Auckland Museum: Tattooing, Samoa: Tufuga ta tatau making a tatau on a man’s back.

By Thomas Andrew, c. 1890, via Auckland Museum: Tattooing, Samoa: Tufuga ta tatau making a tatau on a man’s back.

tags: Native Nudity, Samoan,Polynesian,Oceanian,Austronesian,topless,male,groups,tattoos,body modification,1890s,19th century,

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