Pohnpei

(Pohnpei - Ponape, Bonybay, Bonabi, Panope, Bornabi, Ponapi, Ascension, Puynipet, Barbudos, Quirosa, Senyavin, Fanope)


Ergebnisse der Südsee-Expedition 1908-1910


Pohnpei Leg Tattoo 1936 drawn by Paul Hambruch



Pohnpei Leg Tattoo 1873 by John Stanislaw Kubary


Arm Tattoo 1936 drawn by Paul Hambruch


Pohnpei Arm Tattoo 1873
Pohnpei Arm Tattoo 1873 by John Stanislaw Kubary


Pohnpei Arm Tattoo



Tattooed Irishman James O'Connell Painting at Village Hotel, Pohnpei
Photot by SWBatzer



The Life of Ja's.F.O'Connell the Pacific Adventurer

Kosrae

(Kosrae - Kusaie, Kusae, Strong, Ualan, Oualan, Lele, Hope, Armstrong, Wolan, Teyea)

Watercolor by LeJeune, Jules Louis 1823
Kosrae Tattoo

Kosrae Tattoo

Chuuk

(Chuuk - Truk, Torakku Toh, Hogoleu, Ruk)

Chuuk Tattoo

Yap

(Yap - Yappu, Uap, Guap, Wap)

Jeune homme tatoué de Faïs, île Carolines, Paul Jacoule



The island of stone money, Uap of the Carolines by William Henry Furness 1910


Mogmog Tattoo 1873
Mogmog Island of Ulithi Atoll, Yap Full Body Tattoo Front View 1873
Kubary, Johann (1875) Weitere Nachrichten von der Insel Ponape


Micronesian Back View Tattoo
Yap Full Body Tattoo Back View
German South Seas Expedition 1908 - 1910


Fais, Yap Tattoo

Yap Leg Tattoo
Yap Leg Tattoo

Outer Islands Yap Arm Tattoo
Yap Arm Tattoo

The Journal of the Anthropological, Society of Tokyo, Vol. XLIII 1928, The Tattooing of the Western Micronesians by Hasebe, Kotondo



Yap Hand Tattoo


Yap Tattoo
Amoureux a Tarang. Yap, Ouest Carolines. 1935 by Paul Jacoulet

Palau

(Palau - Belau, Pelew, Palao)


Portrait de Ramon, homme de Gorior, Palaos, 1933 by Paul Jacoulet
Tochobei Tattoo
Tochobei, Palau Tattoo

Sonsorol Tattoo
Sonsorol, Palau Tattoo

Merir Tattoo
Merir, Palau Tattoo

Palau Arm Tattoo
Palau Arm Tattoo

The Journal of the Anthropological
Society of Tokyo
Vol. XLIII 1928
The Tattooing of the Western Micronesians
by
Hasebe, Kotondo

Caroline Island Script

Caroline Island Script


Caroline Island Script by Woleaian Chief Egilimar 1913

Marshall


Chief Rarik Tattoo 1815-1818


Ratak Tattoo 1815-1818
Ratak Tattoo 1815-1818


Marshall Front Tattoo 1880s
Marshall Front Tattoo 1880s


Marshall Back Tattoo 1880s
Marshall Back Tattoo 1880s


Tattooing in the Marshall Islands by Dirk HR Spennemann
and
Archiv für Anthropologie, Völkerforschung und kolonialen Kulturwandel, Volume 30




Jaluit Chief Front Tattoo 1900s
Jaluit Chief Front Tattoo 1900s


Jaluit Chief Front Tattoo 1910s
Jaluit Chief Front Tattoo 1910s


Jaluit Kabua Back Tattoo 1903s
Jaluit Kabua Back Tattoo 1903s


Mile Chief Front Tattoo
Mile Chief Front Tattoo


Mile Front Tattoo 1900s
Mile Front Tattoo 1900s


Mile Front Tattoo 1930s
Mile Front Tattoo 1930s


Mile Back Tattoo 1930s
Mile Back Tattoo 1930s


Marshall Leg Tattoo
Marshall Leg Tattoo

Hawaii


Dancing Man 1784 by James Cook


Hawaiian Man (Waimea, Kauai) 1778 by Ellis, William Webb



Danse des hommes dans les iles Sandwich
(Dance of the men in the Sandwich Islands) 1816 by Louis Choris



Tattooed Hawaiian Chief by Jacques Arago



Anihenehoh one of the First Officers of Kamehameha drawn by Jacques Arago 1819



Ooro one of the Principal Officers of Kamehameha II drawn by Jacques Arago 1819

Philippines


Visayan Pintado from Boxer Codex 1590


Mindanao


Visayan Pintado Warrior (Sugbu sa Karaang Panahon Blogger)


Battle of Mactan - Lapulapu defend Mactan and slays Magellan (Sugbu sa Karaang Panahon Blogger)

Ocean Animals

Hawksbill Turtle
Photo taken by kozyndan on Flickr

Tiger Shark
Photo taken by Chuck Babbitt on photo.net

Dolphins

Manta Ray
Photo taken by Bassmanford on tripod