This graphic from Teiki Huukena’s Polynesian Tattoo Dictionary: Marquesas Islands shows a peka ‘enana cross. One of the most popular Marquesan motifs, it represents a human form with the four ...

His character has deep roots in Polynesian myth and folklore ... Among them was master tattoo artist Su‘a Peter Sulu‘ape and anthropologist Dionne Fonoti. They were key in getting the ...

"I believe that's part of the reason why a lot of the patterns and motifs cross over and relate ... may not be as well known as the Polynesian or Maori tribal tattoo traditions, but after nearly ...