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One of the last women to receive these tattoos was Ana Eva Hei, who was queen consort of Atamu Tekena. [7] Her tattoos were described by Alfred Métraux, Julien Viaud and Walter Knoche. [8] [9] There are several other tattoo patterns and figures: one woman had an ‘ao, which is a ceremonial paddle, tattooed on her back. [3]
Manu Farrarons (born 1967) is a French-born Polynesian tattoo artist. Farrarons' art is a mix of Polynesian styles and designs, mostly Tahitian and Marquesan, which he mixes with Māori and Hawaiian influences. Full leg tattooed by Manu Farrarons. Freehand creation.
Viriamo, back view by Walter Knoche, 1911. Viriamo's face and body may have been tattooed by the catechist Tomanika Vaka Tuku One. Her face featured geometric stripes on her forehead and an adze-like design on her cheek, and her back was decorated with the ao motif, which symbolised a paddle.
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Along with Viriamo, Ana Eva Hei was among the last surviving women from Rapa Nui to receive traditional facial tattoos. [2] Her tattoos were described by Alfred Métraux, who undertook a research expedition to her home from 1934 to 1935. He stated that her tattoos included: "two parallel stripes crossing her forehead from one ear to the other ...
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Men are slightly more likely to have a tattoo than women. Since the 1970s, tattoos have become a mainstream part of Western fashion, common both for men and women, and among all economic classes [82] and to age groups from the later teen years to middle age. For many young Americans, the tattoo has taken on a decidedly different meaning than ...
Women continued receiving moko through the early 20th century, [12] and the historian Michael King in the early 1970s interviewed over 70 elderly women who would have been given the moko before the 1907 Tohunga Suppression Act. [13] [14] Women's tattoos on lips and chin are commonly called pūkauae or moko kauae. [15] [16]