Patterns of the Past:
Tattoo Revival in the Cook Islands
Therese Mangos & John Utanga
Photography by Kirsty Griffin
224 pages, 234 x 240 mm
Release December 2011
ISBN 978-0-473-19377-5
RRP: NZD 50.00
The book is available online
Book Preview - Patterns of the Past: Tattoo Revival in the Cook Islands
Therese Mangos and John Utanga's Book traces the history and practice of tattooing (tātatau) in the Cook Islands. Through the ancient oral traditions of its people, reports of often repressive early Western visitors and rich archival material.