Research Catalog
Tikopian tattoo / Mick Pendergrast.
- Title
- Tikopian tattoo / Mick Pendergrast.
- Author
- Pendergrast, Mick, 1932-
- Publication
- Auckland [N.Z.] : Auckland Museum, 2000.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | L.SOC.80.2.2.3.1 (18) | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Auckland War Memorial Museum
- Description
- 107 p. : ill. maps; 30 cm.
- Summary
- The author spent six years on Tikopia, a small and remote island in the Solomon Islands, between 1973 and 1980. During this time he became interested in the art forms of the island, particularly tattoo, and this book is a record of notes made at the time from personal observation and discussion.
- Series Statement
- Bulletin of the Auckland Museum, 0067-0456 [i.e. 1176-3213] ; 18
- Uniform Title
- Bulletin of the Auckland Museum ; 18.
- Subject
- Note
- Reprinted in 2002.
- Incorrect ISSN printed on item.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 107).
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- 1. Introduction -- The state of the art in 1978 (Dating the work ; Recent work ; Decline of interest ; Who may wear the tattoo? ; Who is a tufunga? ; Choice of patterns) -- 3. The tattoist's kit (Chisel ; Mallet ; Pigment ; Pigment dish / mortar ; Pestle ; Pigment storage container ; Cloth for wiping ; The file) -- 4. Method (Mixing the puigment ; Outlining the motif ; Applying the motif ; Sequence of application) -- 5. Tufunga ta tau: the tattoo experts (Pa Maniva ; Nau Matautu ; Payment) -- 6. Design motifs (Fakafoiika ; Te rofa ; Fakakalikao ; Rau mango ; Rau niu ; Te urumuti ; Te pani o Rotuma ; Fasi pani o Rotuma ; Te urunga ; Se farakau ; Te ivi ; Te Fasi pani ; Fakatara ; Te veri ; Te kaso ; Fatu marama sisi ; Foi fetu ; Te rou mei ; Te pani a Porangai) -- 7. Patterns of Tikopian tattoo (Men's face tattoos ; Women's face tattoos ; Te Tau ; Men's chest patterns ; Women's chest patterns ; Men's back patterns ; Women's back patterns ; Upper arm patterns ; Forearm patterns ; Hand patterns ; Leg patterns) -- 8. Conclusion.
- ISBN
- 0908623518 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- ^^2005412569
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library