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Expressive arts

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Tattoo design

Tiki styles

An individual's website with information about Polynesian art of tattooing, including looking at the symbolism of the designs.

Polynesian tattoo meanings

Learn about the two styles of Polynesian tattoo designs - Etua and Enata - what they look like and what they mean, on the Buzzle website.

Tahiti Tatou

An online encyclopedia all about Polynesian tribal tattoos. Includes links to online shop.

Polynesian tattoos

Short descriptions and images of the different types of tattoos in different areas of Polynesia on the tattoo Demon website, intended for tattoo artists.

Polynesian Tattoo Feature on BITV
A video on YouTube made by Big Island Television in Hawaii about a book called 'The Hawaiian Tattoo'.

Gauguin's life and work

Paul Gauguin in Polynesia

Article about Paul Gauguin's life and work in Polynesia on the Tahiti Guide tourism website.

Cloisonnism

Page on Wikipedia about this style of painting, used by Paul Gauguin, which has bold and flat forms separated by dark contours.

Paul Gauguin

Poster-ordering website with a collection of Gauguin prints.

Colours

Basic colour theory

A look at the three basic colour theories - the color wheel, color harmony, and the context of how colors are used - on the Colour Matters website.

Color theory in action

Page about the meaning of colours on a sales website for the software Colour Wheel Pro.

Stick games

Maori stick game videos

Small collection of videos on the World News website sourced from YouTube of stick games and musical performances. 

Learn to play the stick game

Post on Mama Lisa's International Music and Culture blog about 'E Papä Waiari', a song and a stick game played in New Zealand.

Related resources

  • What are tattoos?

    Polynesian boy Fetuao got his first tattoo when he was 12 years old. Why and what did it mean?