Tattoo Traditions of Hawaii Paperback – April 1, 2006

gift for nephew and he liked it

This is a decent book if you want to learn the history of Hawaiian tattoos. This book does not have many example images of tattoo patterns and their meanings as I had expected. I enjoyed reading it, but useless for my purposes.

Love the perspective by the author who is both a tattooist and a scholar of polynesian tattoo - a rare find. The history and sketches of early Hawaiian tattoo were great to see. It is ideal, when thinking getting polynesian tattoo, to find the original renditions of polynesian tattoo, as are in this text. Love the book.

Tricia Allen knows what she is writing about- she is a tattoo artist who has tattooed many hundreds of Polynesians and she is a researcher and academic who has dedicated her life to unearthing as much knowledge about Hawaiian and Polynesian tattoo as there is to know. I can't recommend this book highly enough!

This is a very detailed, well researched and written book about the known history of tattoos in Hawaii. However, in trying to design my own meaningful tattoo, I was personally looking for a book that would explain the various meanings of the individual tattoo designs which are common today, which this book does not.

I haven't had a chance to read it all the way through but what I have read is wonderful. A great collection of information on Polynesian tattoo that are just not available in any other place. I'm working on my own art work based on Polynesian tattoos and the information available in this book was/is invaluable. I'm glad I found it.

We get Tattooes when we vacation in the tropics, and like to research the material before applying it to our skin. There are some cultural do's, and don't. It is important to know these as not to offend any polynesians.

The depictions of Native Hawaiian people done by Sailers is incredibly offensive. The info is very incomplete. I do not like this book 😡

This is an expertly written very informative book on the history of Tattoo in The Hawai`ian Islands.It is mainly text.The pictures range from the visit of Captain James Cook in 1778 to The Sandwich Islands (Hawai`i.) And the early tattooed Hawai`ians. To the tools they used and information on patterns and designs.Ending with a few photographs of present day tattooing in Hawai`i.The book has a glossy paperback cover.Really you have to buy Tricia Allens follow up book "The Polynesian Tattoo Today" to accompany this.It has full page colour photographs of the best Hawai`ian tattoo artists work today in Hawai`i.It is virtually all photographs.If you are interested in Hawai`ian and Polynesian Tattoos then these 2 books are a must buy.

Flojillo. Poca variación y no hay descripción adjunta a los dibujos. Solo hay un texto al empezar el libro...si no tienws nociones del tema, no lo recomiendo

bellissimo libro ricchissimo di illustrazioni. l'autrice ripercorre la tradizione del tatto nelle hawaii avvalendosi di moltissime fonti e comparandole fra loro. veramente bello non solo per gli amanti del tatuaggio, ma anche per chi è interessato alla storia , usi e costumi di questa area geografica.

Das Buch an sich liefert viele Information. Was ich aber vermisse ist eine Aufstellung von "Zeichen" und deren Bedeutung. Das hätte dieses Buch noch abgerundet...

As Tattoo artists we listen to Tricia Allen as she has a brilliant reputation and seriously knows what she is talkign about.Forget the wannabe's, stick with Tricia