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| http://www.vanishingtattoo.com/tattoo_museum/polynesian_tattoo_images.html |
'The German explorer and ethnologist Karl von den Steinen, who visited the isles in 1891, listed over one-hundred and seventy individually named tattooing motifs which is remarkable since the tradition was "banned" by French officials approximately fifty years before that time.'
- http://www.vanishingtattoo.com/tattoo_museum/marquesas_tattoos.html
The same site shows some striking female tattoos also - it's intriguing to see what parts were not decorated. http://www.vanishingtattoo.com/tattoo_museum/marquesas_tattoo_images.html
A Nuku Hiva warrior, complete (1813):
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| https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/Nuku_Hiva_warrior_1813.jpg |
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