niedziela, 16 lutego 2014

Tatuaż z Wyspy Wielkanocnej/ Rapa Nui Tattoo



Portrait of Juan Tepano, 1880s.

Carte-de-visite of Juan Tepano,
a Rapa Nui nobleman, 1870s.
A figure (manu usu) from Easter Island decorated with a tattoo pattern.
Tattooing motifs (from Stolpe, 214, figs 15-21) : a, neck, chest, and abdomen designs; b, neck design, stylized bird with head pointed down and bordered by pairs of curved lines ; c, upper part of thigh, parallel lines, some of them converging ; d, back, orange-colored bands alternating with rows of dots ; e, leg just below knee ; f, hip, bird's beak joined to two concentric rings.
Easter island lithograph showing
two tattooed Easter Islanders,1860.
Pierre Loti drawing
Uka a Hei a Arero, also known as Queen Eva, last queen of Rapa Nui.






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