Tattooing in the Marshall Islands
By: Dirk H.R. Spennemann
Publisher: Bess Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Honolulu
Language: eng
Number of pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9781573062893
Subjects: Tattooing; Human body
Notes: First published in 1992.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [192]-204).
Table of contents: title: The sources; title: Marshallese dress; title: The tattoo motifs; title: The men's tattoos; title: The women's tattoos; title: Scar tattooing; title: Tattooing utensils; title: The tattooing ceremony; title: Tattooing in Marshallese folklore; title: The context of tattooing; title: The frequency of tattooing; title: The banning of tattooing; title: A future for Marshallese tattooing?