7.10.78. Triangle Road, Massey, west Auckland. Tattooing Tom Ah Fook, Arona and Leo Maselino (solo). Tufuga tatatau: Su'a Sulu'ape Paulo II

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7.10.78. Triangle Road, Massey, west Auckland. Tattooing Tom Ah Fook, Arona and Leo Maselino (solo). Tufuga tatatau: Su'a Sulu'ape Paulo II

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This colour photograph by Mark Adams shows a Samoan man, identified as 'Tom', being given the pe'a (Samoan male tattoo) by Sulu'ape Paulo II. The photograph documents the process of tatau (tattooing) and reveals Adams's characteristic interest in the context in which pe'a are created. The scene of the activity is a suburban lounge in West Auckland. The television and patterned wallpaper contrast with the tools of the tufuga tātatau (master tattooer) arrayed in the foreground of the image. Sul...

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Date created

07 October 1978

Creator

Mark Adams

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https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/42838

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Tattoos / Manners & customs / Ethnic groups / Rites & ceremonies / Auckland (New Zealand) / plastic / photographic gelatin / dye / colour prints / silver-dye bleach prints / works of art / photography / colour photography / Cibachrome (TM) / Contemporary / Postmodern / Sāmoan / tattooing / Auckland

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