Body art was common in South Pacific nations such as the Cooks, Tonga, Tahiti and Samoa before missionaries arrived in the 19th Century -- so much so that the English word tattoo is derived from the ...

(ABC News: Giulio Saggin) Getting tattoos or body art might seem easy to do now but across many Pacific Islands, traditional tattooing was outlawed for many generations. Aotearoa tattoo artist ...

ASTORIA -- An exhibit that traces the origins of the tattoo opens Friday at the Columbia River Maritime Museum in Astoria. Entitled "Tattoo: The Art of the ... to the South Pacific by Captain ...

Tā Moko is the traditional tattoo worn by the Maori of Aotearoa ... With thanks to the National Art Gallery of Australia Pacific Mornings' Tahlea Aualiitia learnt more about the exhibit and ...

Body art was common in South Pacific nations such as the Cooks, Tonga, Tahiti and Samoa before missionaries arrived in the 19th Century -- so much so that the English word tattoo is derived from ...