Tattoo in Samoa - The Tools and Methods of the Traditional Samoan Tattoo
filed in Tattoo Design on Nov.24, 2008
By Sarah Jayne Gasu
The Samoan word for tattoo is tatau (tu-tow-u) and as you might assume is where the English word ‘tattoo’ derives from, and translates as to hit or strike (ta) with the au (tattoo tool).
Should you ever see one of these beautiful tribal tattoo’s, know in Samoa as Pe’a (peh-ah) you will understand [...]
