etua designs
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Kea (tortoise) female tattoo motifs recorded by Steinen. Figure 8.9/5, page 179
FIG. 8.9/5. Kea (tortoise) female tattoo motifs recorded by Steinen. Source: Von den Steinen, ii. 205, illus. 206. Reproduced in Gell (1998:179), "Style and Culture", Art and Agency: An Anthropological Theory. see also: Great Diagrams in Anthropology, Linguistics, and Social Theory.
Badora's Leg Tattoos. Figures 8.10/1-2, page 181
Figure 8.10/1. Sitting etua hypostasized mata hoata. Badora's leg tattoos: (a) mata hoata ; (b) double kake ; (c) mata hoata ; (d) kautupa ; (e) Etua ; (f) mata hoata ; (g) double kake ; (h) poriri. Source : Von den Steinen, i. 132, illus. 77 Reproduced in Gell (1998:181), "Style and Culture", Art and Agency: An Anthropological Theory. see also: Great Diagrams in Anthropology, Linguistics, and Social Theory.
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