Handy — Tattooing in the Marquesas 



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TRANSLATIONS OF DESIGN NAMES 



inside places 



crab 



cut in small slices, 

 traced 



enclosure or gar- 

 den 



enclosure of ti 

 leaves 



native enclosure 



shark 



back cross 



a kind of evil spirit 



to fold or make 



into bundles 



a legendary char- 

 acter 



a kind of coiled 

 shell fish 



a shaped wooden 

 shoulder 

 rest for a 

 carrying pole 



conch shell 



ear 



flower of olden 

 times 



flower calabash 



pig's thigh 



buttocks 



ring 



sacred foot 



to encircle several 

 times 



cover 



image 



forehead image 



three head orna- 

 ments 



hand tree 



half a forehead 



water moon 



water of Kena, a 

 legendary 

 hero 



sacred bathing 

 place of 

 chiefs 



tail 



to turn the shell 

 fish 



