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Māori word for "tattoo"

Sāmoan word for "tattoo"

Hawaiian word for "tattoo"

Sāmoan men's tattoo: the name and meaning

• tātau, shelter

• pe'a, bat

• malu, flying fox

• talofa tāne, healing

Sāmoan women's tattoo: name & meaning

• vahine, beauty

• moko 'auwae, women's tattoo

• Luau, shelter

• Malu, protection

Māori men's tattoo: name & body placement

• pe'ape'a, ankles

• tangata, chest and knees

• pūhoro, chest and mid back down past knees, front and back of body

• mokomoko tāne, upper arm band

Māori women's chin tattoo:

Māori tattoos are different to Sāmoan and Hawaiian in these 2 ways:

• curved lines

• spiral lines

• bigger

• bolder

Hawaiian tattoos are different to Sāmoan & Māori tattoos in two ways:

• bigger

• bolder

• delicate

• symmetrical

Choose 2 materials that are used in Sāmoan tattooing:

• turtle shell

• koa wood

• taro soot

• candlenut soot