A man displays a typical Polynesian full body and face tattoo, in Mo‘orea, French Polynesia. Photograph by Aaron Huey, Nat Geo Image Collection While it’s acceptable as a traveler to be ...

“Samoan and Maori tattoos are probably the most significant ... divided among eight sections of the face, each imbued with its own meaning. Maori women also wore lighter tattoos on their ...

In Samoan culture, one’s achievements are not ... In Hawai‘i, maka uhi (face tattoo) is another symbol of power and status. Krug bears multiple maka uhi—triangles run from the back of ...

Etched into her skin from the wrists up to her nail beds, the markings are no ordinary tattoos, but symbols of traditional "tatau" found among the people of the Polynesian island country Samoa.

Alafia-Liufau is endowed with the ability to create the tattoo art through his official appointment as a Samoan chief ... made worse by lying face down for so long. But after all the pain ...

“Tatau: Marks of Polynesia” at Bishop Museum features the art, history and cultural significance of Samoan tattoos through a series of photographs by John Agcaoili. Pictured is the tattoo ...

Face tattoos have become more recognized in ... of hardback National Geographic magazines, where I saw both Polynesian Tattoos and those of the Maori, natives to New Zealand.

A gesture a Samoan American woman made to honor her seriously ill father has gotten her fired, reports the Australian Broadcast Corporation. Tracy Sialega went out to get a tualima, a traditional ...

HONOLULU (Island News)-- A Samoan Army Captain is the first soldier to receive approval to have traditional “tatau” or tattoos on her hands. This move not only honors Captain Isis Sake’s ...

She recently got a tualima, a traditional Samoan tattoo on her hand, after her father became seriously ill. "I basically got it for cultural beliefs and traditions," Sialega-Fili said. " ...

Army Capt. Isis Sake is the first soldier to receive a religious accommodation for traditional Samoan hand tattoos. (Jon Simkins/Staff) Small arrows, birds and stars adorn the tops of the soldier ...