“Given the history of colonization in Polynesia, the exhibition needs a Polynesian speaking,” he said. Once JANM signed on, Kitamura recruited Agcaoili to photograph the Sulu’ape family, other tattoo ...

Small arrows, birds and stars adorn the tops of the soldier’s hands and fingers. Etched into her skin from the wrists up to her nail beds, the markings are no ordinary tattoos, but symbols of ...

GARDEN GROVE – Not widely practiced, the tattooing art of tatau has been a right of passage for men and women in Samoa for centuries, and a small shop in Garden Grove is one of a few places stateside ...

Yesterday marked a monumental moment in cultural history as Tūhura Otago Museum hosted the world’s first-ever public demonstration of traditional Samoan tattooing in a museum setting. The event, which ...

Garden Grove's A-Town tattoo shop is one of the only places in the country to offer customers a proper Samoan tatau — a practice dating back generations. David DeMarco is laying on the floor of A-Town ...

Each year, Butter adds new ornament designs to her exquisitely made ‘Nei Hua’ ornaments. “As every year, Butter told this reporter, we’ve added seven new Hawaiian ornament designs just in time for ...

MILILANI, Hawaii, Dec. 19, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Patch of Shade, Inc, the creator of the NĀ KOA® line of leather goods (www.nakoa.com) further expanded its best-selling Kaulele Collection – a line of ...

Talavou Fitisemanu, a Tongan-Samoan student at BYU, struggled to manage his Polynesian art business while playing Division I football, until he decided to step away from sports last summer and invest ...