item details
NameTattooing, Samoa
ProductionThomas Andrew; photographer; 1890-1910; Sāmoa
Classificationalbumen prints, black-and-white prints
Materialssilver, albumen, printing-out paper
Materials Summaryblack and white photograph, albumen silver print
Techniquesblack-and-white photography, printing-out
DimensionsImage: 200mm (width), 146mm (height)
Registration NumberO.001279/01
Credit lineGift of Alison Beckett and Robert McPherson, 1996
Overview
Two unknown men are sitting on a mat, on a porch, outside a weatherboard house with an open door. In between the two of them there is another man (who is being tattooed by the man on the left). The man on the right is holding the skin taut for the tattooist.