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These books are oriented to a scholarly and accurate treatment of
tattoo
and as such text may outweigh pictures though not always.
Fluctuating prices based on availability and scarcity. |
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Anyone interested in Tattoo as subject would become familiar with
some of these books,
especially Jane Caplan, Thomas, Krutak, Gell, Gilbert, and Tricia Allen. Wes Wood |
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Patterns
That Connect
Schuster & Carpenter
Unimax No. KTAT2173
$145.00 |
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Thesis that patterns have shared derivitive meanings
that are connected through time, culture and across art forms. |
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Written on the Body
Jane Caplan, Ed.
Unimax No. KTAT2117
$55.00 |
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The West from Antiquity to the present.
If you only buy one book, this is it. |
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Wrapping in Images
Gell, Alfred
Unimax No. KTAT2126
$65.00 |
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Polynesia History
A starting place for understanding the unique integrated role
tattoo had within Polynesian society, compiled and analyzed from
historical records. |
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Tattoo, Bodies, Art, and Exchange
in the Pacific and the West
Thomas,
Nicholas, Ed,
Unimax No. KTAT2109
$29.95 |
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Pacific Past and Present including good sections
discussing the effect Pacific tattoo had on western visitors. |
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The Tattooing
Arts of Tribal Women
Lars Krutak
Unimax No. KTAT2125
$38.49 |
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An unexplored subject documenting the extensive
role women had in tattoo around the world. Includes unique coverage of
Alaskan piercing.
Anthropology |
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The History of Tattooing
Wilfrid Dyson Hambly (1925)
Unimax No. KTAT2129
$14.95 |
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Photocopied and bound.
Selected Conference Papers on Tattoo & Body Ornamentation
Easter Island Foundation
$25.00 |
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Easter Island and Hawai'i. |
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Tattooing in the Marquesas
Willowdean Chatterson Handy
Unimax No. KTAT2128
$6.95 |
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Marquesas. Classic.
In 1921 there was a rush to document what was thought to be the end of
native Pacific cultures. |
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Spiritual Tattoo
John A. Rush
Unimax No. KTAT2110
$17.95 |
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Sociology, psychology and mysticism together with
extensive history. |
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Tattoo, Secrets of a Strange Art
Albert Parry
$9.95 |
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A non-flattering interpretation of the bizarre art of
tattoo. |
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Tattoo History
Steve Gilbert
$29.99 |
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An introduction to many places around the world that
left historical records of tattoo. |
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Moko or Maori Tattooing
Horation Gordon Robley
Unimax No. KTAT2121
$30.00 |
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Historical Maori classic. |
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Tattooing in the Marshall Islands
Dirk H.R. Spennemann
Unimax No. KTAT2116
$24.95 |
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Heavy illustrations detailing the iconography of the
Marshall Islands. |
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The Polynesian Tattoo Today
Tricia Allen
Unimax No. KTAT2118
First Edition: $44.00 |
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Filled with photos illustrating the iconography and
styles of the new Pacific tattoo. |
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Tattoo Traditions of
Hawai'i
Tricia Allen
Unimax No. KTAT2130
$18.95
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Past to Present with historical illustrations and
contemporary practice. |
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Tattoo an Anthropology
Makiko Kuwahara
Unimax No. KTAT2120
$45.00 |
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Anthropology dealing with contemporary Samoan tattoo
practices and culture. |
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Bodies of Inscription
Margo DeMello
Unimax No. KTAT2133
$22.95
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Cultural anthropology looking backwards trying to
synthesize a coherent road leading to today's scene. |
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Tikopian Tattoo
by Mick Pendergrast
Unimax No. KTAT2135
$109.98 |
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Anthropology |
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Life in the Pacific of the 1700s |
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Museum 3 Vol. Set
$185.00 |
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Museum Artifacts Exhibition |
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The Pacific Arts of Polynesia &
Micronesia
Adrienne L. Kaeppler
Unimax No. KART1253
$27.95 |
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Pacific Arts. Not a tattoo artifact book, but the arts
of the Pacific. |
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1 Only
Mint Condition
Milton Zeis
Tattooing the World Over
$500.00
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Once Were Warriors
DVD
$19.95 |
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New Zealand fiction in film.
Heart-wrenching.
Contemporary plight of cultures that result in rape and death and a
modern generation caught between the past and the present. |
