TATATAU IN THE COOK ISLANDS

mayur September 8, 2016 0

ON A SMALL ISLAND IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC, CROC COULTER IS INKING THE NATIVES USING THE TRADITIONAL POLYNESIAN ART OF TATATAU. THE PRACTICE REPLACES MODERN TATTOO GUNS WITH PRIMITIVE TOOLS THAT REQUIRE CONSTANT HAMMERING TO TRANSFER THE DESIGN TO THE SKIN. LIVING WITH CYSTIC FIBROSIS, COULTER IS NOW PASSING DOWN THE ANCIENT CUSTOM TO HIS NEW APPRENTICE.

Leave A Response »