HAND TAPPED TATTOOS FROM THE PHILIPPINES
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WEEK 7:
​COMMON MOTIFS AND TRADITIONAL TATTOOING ACROSS THE PACIFIC

Week 7: Common Motifs and Traditional Tattooing Across the Pacific
Check-In
  • Summarize readings with pairs
  • Discuss reflections
Culture Talk
Mini-Lecture
 
  • Cultural Practitioners of Tattooing 
    • Samoan 
      • Su’a Paul Suluape (https://www.instagram.com/paulsuluape/)
      • Su'a Faamanatu Suluape (https://www.instagram.com/promise_suluape/)
      • Su'a Suluape Peter (https://www.instagram.com/petersuluape/)
    • Hawaiian
      • Su’a Keone Nunes (https://www.instagram.com/suluape_keone/) 
        • Pā Uhi → “School of Tattoos” 
      • Kā Uhi Keoneʻulaokamakauhi Keliʻiokalani Mākua (https://www.instagram.com/kelii_makua/) 
        • Ka Pā ʻO Hūnōhūnōholani → “The School of 
    • Papua New Guinea 
      • Julia Mage’au Gray (https://www.instagram.com/melanesianmarks/)
    • Maori 
      • Te Rangitu Netana (https://www.instagram.com/terangitu/)
  • Common Motifs 
    • Open Triangle
      • Philippines: crocodile teeth 
      • Hawaii: shark teeth 
      • Inuit: orca teeth
    • Shaded Triangle
      • Philippines: crocodile spine 
      • Pacific: mountains 
    • Bird 
      • Philippines 
      • Hawaii (iwa bird) 
      • Samoa
    • Woven Mat 
      • Philippines
        • Banig 
        • Tari-tari (rope) 
      • Hawaii: Kalua 
    • Lawig (Forgotten Children of Maui p.113)
Activity
  • Kava culture in the Pacific 
    • Students will learn about kava, its cultural uses, and how to prepare/consume it
    • https://www.instagram.com/deeplyrootedkava/  
Content Assignment
  • Read Little Manila is in the Heart by Dawn Bohulano Mabalon (pp. 31-45)
  • Read Filipino Tattoos by Lane Wilcken (pp. 10-14) 
  • Read Kava: The Pacific Elixir by Vincent Lebot et al. (pp. 103-155)
  • Watch: The Modern Mambabatok by Kayla Sotomil
Reflection Response
  • Students will submit 1-2 pages or 5-7 min video response to content assignment
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