Tattooing - Samoa

Date: [ca 1920-1955]

Reference: PAColl-0496

Description: Three photographs of at least two different young Samoan men showing the tattooing on their thighs and buttocks; two photographs of a Samoan man of 22 taken in 1955 showing the tattooing on thighs, buttocks and lower back (negatives at the Dominion Museum); a postcard of a man having his lower back tattooed probably in Samoa with four people including the one tattooing in attendance and a bowl of dye in the foreground; a man kneeling having fine detail tattoed on his side; and two young men lying on mats having their buttocks tattooed in front of a traditional house in Samoa. Photographer unidentified. Creator of collection is unknown but the name C B Brice appeared on the original envelope. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 8 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Three prints are cut out figures from original photographs stuck on to paper

Date: [ca 1930-1940]

By: Braisby, Arthur L, -1955

Reference: MS-Papers-2937

Description: Describes mainly Samoan tattooing practice and design; some consideration of Maori and Burmese tattooing Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph, printed matter, sketches, photographs Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donation, Mrs A L Braisby, 1955 Sketches of tattoo designs; photographs of tattoos

Date: 4, 7 Dec 2007 - 04 Dec 2007 - 07 Dec 2007

From: Studio La Gonda - a large format legacy oral history project

By: Adams, Mark Bentley, 1949-

Reference: OHInt-1002-01

Description: Interview with Mark Adams, born in Linwood in 1949. Talks about his family background and both his father and grandfather being photographers. Reminisces on growing up in the beach suburb of Brighton, disliking school, and his high school art teacher Digby Graham who "saved his life". Comments on attending Ilam art school (University of Canterbury) where his teachers included Tom Taylor, Don Peebles, Doris Lusk and Eileen Mayo, and deciding he wanted to do photography. Mentions the pop culture, art scene, drug use and counter culture in Christchurch at the time. Describes his first cameras, a box brownie (1966-1968) and then a Kodak Retina. Refers to using a 35mm Pentax at university, as well as a 4x5 inch Linhof plate camera from 1968. Mentions going to Sydney in 1973 and buying his own 4x5 Linhof camera, Schneier lens and Kinderman 4/5 enlarger. Comments on meeting Theo Schoon in Sydney. Talks about moving to Northland in late 1974 and photographing Kaipara sites that were clearly cross cultural. Refers to starting photographing at Waitangi in 1980 and participating in land marches. Talks about moving to Auckland in 1978, being asked to photograph a man with Samoan tattooing, and finding it a "key moment" in his development. Discusses his work photographing Samoan tattooing and tattoo artist Paulo Suluape at work, and using the images in an exhibition and book. Refers to other projects he worked on including Northland 1977-1978, Ngai Tahu histories starting 1978 and Rotorua photographs starting 1979. Recalls his first solo exhibition at the Real Pictures Gallery in 1982. Comments that the Real Pictures studio was a model for Studio La Gonda as a resource base for photographers. Discusses setting up the business Sharp Black & White in September 1982, people involved, and its work. Talks about financial support mechanisms, the ethics of representation and sale of images. Describes Studio La Gonda (SLG), division of labour at the studio, his working methodology, and social life at SLG. Talks about photographers who used the studio including John Miller, Fiona Pardington, Davina Monds and Greg Semu. Explains his approach to teaching art and photography and his passion for large format photography. Describes the physical challenges of working with large format photography, the way the view camera works and his own self taught approach. Comments on the importance of scale with the process of enlargement. Details equipment used at SLG and describes it as "a museum of analogue". Speculates on digital photography and the future of the photographic industry. Lists influences on his work, particularly Ansel Adams, and mentions the Burton Brothers and George Valentine. Interviewer(s) - Hanna Scott Accompanying material - List of selected solo exhibitions by Mark Adams and selected bibliography (3 p.) Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-023021 - OHC-023024 Quantity: 4 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 4 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-7505. Transfers: To Photographic Archive - four large format photographic negatives. Photograph of Mark Adams in his studio? (photographer Haruhiko Sameshima; 2007 or 2008) Search dates: 1949 - 2007

Date: [1978]

From: Stratford, Peter : Epsom Trust collection

Reference: MS-Papers-11750-39

Description: Papers relating to Polynesian culture including the first draft of a manuscript for a book called `Samoan tattooing: A surviving Polynesian art' by Alan Taylor, with photography by Mark Adams. Also includes drafts and stories relating to Polynesian carving and Maori mythology, including `Kahu and the spirit people' and a story called `The boy with the blue eyes' by Alan Taylor. A photocopy of `Samoan material culture' by Te Rangi Hiroa (P H Buck) and some papers relating to African nationalism. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0 Linear Metres.

Date: [ca 1995]

From: Stratford, Peter : Epsom Trust collection

Reference: MS-Papers-11750-45

Description: Draft and papers relating to `Samoa and the art of tattoo' by Alan Taylor. Includes diagrams of Samoan tattoo styles from an unknown German language publication, a drawing of a Maori moko and card with the image of a Lindauer painting of moko `Tattooing - The tohunga ta moko at work'. Includes two black and white prints of a Samoan dwelling and people, and a negative of an image featuring the word Jackanapes, probably the cover of a book by Juliana Horatia Ewing.. Language - Small amount of German language from printed matter with diagrams of Samoan tattoos (unknown publication). Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0 Linear Metres. Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Black and white prints of Samoa and Samoan people.

Date: [1982]

From: Stratford, Peter : Epsom Trust collection

Reference: MS-Papers-11750-46

Description: Papers relating to Polynesian Tattooing book including contract with Brigham Young University: Institute for Polynesian Studies, correspondence and rough draft for the publication. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0 Linear Metres.

Date: [1971-1995]

From: Stratford, Peter : Epsom Trust collection

Reference: MS-Papers-11750-51

Description: Papers relating to Samoa and the art of tattoo. Also includes some research notes relating to Maori birds, nga manu Maori. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0 Linear Metres. Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Eight coloured slides of Samoan tattoos.

Date: Between 1890 and 1895

From: Cusack-Smith, Thomas Berry (Sir), 1859-1929 :Photographs of Samoa

By: Andrew, Thomas, 1855-1939

Reference: PA1-o-546

Description: Album created by Sir Thomas Berry Cusack Smith. Scenes in England include two large houses "Gaynes Park", and "High Beech". Scenes of life in Samoa when Cusack Smith was British Consul there, some of which were taken by photographer Thomas Andrew; portraits of family members; people associated with the consulate, including William Blacklock (American Vice Consul-General), Herr Biermann (German consul). Other portraits include Agnes Bagot, Mary Hamilton, Mata'afa, A. Warren, Teo, and Arthur Harford. There are several photographs of Winifred Cusack-Smith, and of her grave after she died of a fever in 1894. Other images show tattooists at work; Robert Louis Stevenson's birthday party at Vailima (circa 1893); pupils and staff of Mrs Bell's School; the polo team from the ship Curacoa; the British Consulate building, and that of the American consul. Other Titles - British Consulate, Samoa Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Maroon cover with black spine and corners, gold lettering "British Consulate, Samoa", 25 x 32 cm

Date: [1920-1925]

From: Hunt, Alice Suisana, 1925- : Papers relating to Arthur Aris King and James Baxter Fleck

Reference: fMS-Papers-6704-05

Description: Articles and letters, mostly from the `Samoa times', on aspects of Samoan legends; includes contributions by G E L Westbrook Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [19--]

From: Hocart, Arthur Maurice, 1883-1939 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0060-42

Description: Drawings include: Maps of the stars by a Rotuman; tattooing patterns drawn by a Samoan; copies of shapes, and drawings of fishes, canoes and spirits illustrating stories, drawn by Solomon Island informants; copies of photographs drawn by Fijian informants; Fijian tapa patterns; drawings for book on Lau. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Transfers: Five charcoal rubbings were seperated for reasons of preservation and storage. Can be found at fMS-Papers-12669.

Date: 7 October 1978, 20 February 1982, 26-27 February 1982, 5-6 March 1982, 27 March 1982, 3 April 1982, 30 June 1985,

By: Adams, Mark Bentley, 1949-; Real Pictures Ltd

Reference: PAColl-1289

Description: Images published in: 'Tatau: Samoan Tattoo, New Zealand art, global culture' by Mark Adams, Te Papa Press, 2010 and 'Tatau' by Mark Adams and Lisa Taouma , Adam Art Gallery, Victoria University of Wellington, 2003. Finding aid updated with information from staff, February 2016. Quantity: 11 colour original photographic print(s).

Date: 1978

From: Stratford, Peter, fl 1990-2014: Epsom Trust collection

By: Adams, Mark Bentley, 1949-

Reference: PA12-11101

Description: Comprises colour images of a pe'a (male lower body) tattoo on a naked Samoan man; probably Mr Salati Fiu. Taken by photographer Mark Adams to illustrate an article written by Alan Taylor about Samoan tatau for 'Craft Australia' magazine. Source of descriptive information - 'Tatau: Samoan Tattoo, New Zealand art, global culture' photographs by Mark Adams, written by Sean Mallon, Peter Brunt, and Nicholas Thomas, Wellington, Te Papa Press 2010. Quantity: 8 colour original transparency/ies (35mm slides). Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - see Library reference (MS-Group-2139; MS-Papers-11750-51).

Date: 1886 - 1890

From: Lister, Joseph Jackson 1857-1927 :[Lister album] 1886-1890 [Watercolours by Joseph, and possibly Isabella and Gulielma Lister]

Reference: E-394-f-062-1

Description: A standing Samoan man, seen from behind, showing his extensive buttock and thigh tattoos Other Titles - Tattoo Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 174 x 80 mm

Date: 1890s

From: Smith, Stephenson Percy, 1840-1922 :Maori and Polynesian photographs

Reference: PA1-o-469-67

Description: Back view of tattooed Samoan Man photographed by Thomas Andrew Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 1895]

From: Cusack-Smith, Thomas Berry (Sir), 1859-1929 :Photographs of Samoa

By: Andrew, Thomas, 1855-1939

Reference: PA1-o-546-32-1

Description: A group of three men on a mat on a veranda. The middle man is lying full length on his stomach receiving a tattoo from the left hand man who poses, tools in hand. The third man seems to be in some sort of support role. Photographed about 1895 by Thomas Andrew. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1886-1891

From: Smith, Stephenson Percy, 1840-1922 :Maori and Polynesian photographs

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Andrew, Thomas, 1855-1939

Reference: PA1-o-469

Description: Album of photographs taken by Thomas Andrew during a Pacific voyage on Henderson and Macfarlane schooner "Buster", leaving Auckland 19 September 1886, and calling at Niue, Manihiki, Suwarrow, Starbuck Island (where they rescued the crew of the Swedish barque Diana), Christmas Island, Swains Island (now part of American Samoa), Nauru, Tokelau, Gilbert, Ellice, Marshall and Caroline groups. They returned to Auckland in April 1887. Several photographs show ruined stone buildings at Ponape (Pohnpei), including one view of four men sitting in a boat at the entrance to a canal leading to the ruins The final photograph in the album is a group portrait of the Federal Convention 1891 Inscriptions: Album page - "From Mr S. Percy Smith" Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover, leather corners and spine; 24.5 x 31.5 cm

Date: Oct 1992

From: Brooke-White, Julia Stace, 1942-: Photographs and architectural drawings

Reference: PA12-7230-20

Description: Photograph of a taupou revealing tattooing on her thighs, a participant from American Samoa at the 6th Pacific Arts Festival, Cook Islands. Photograph taken October 1992 by Julia Brooke-White. Inscriptions: On slide mount: Samoan/Amerika Taupou reveals tattooing on thighs The daughter of a high chief in a village is known as a "taupou" when they perform public ceremonial roles. Quantity: 1 colour original transparency/ies slide.