A Samoan tattoo is a tattoo that is given to people so the person can do special duties for Samoan chiefs on ceremonial occasions.
First for the tatu (tatu is the Samoan word for tattoo) both the people getting the tattoo and the people giving the tattoo get prepared. The person getting the tattoo has to lie down on either the floor or a table, then the person tattooing gets pillows/mats to put under the particular part of the body to stop the ink dripping and/or sometimes blood.
Next they get the tools ready by getting the piercing tool which is made out of a stick, small piece of a turtle shell and boar tusks shaped into a comb. Then they dip the comb shaped boar tusks into some black pigment.
After the boar tusks are dipped into the
First for the tatu (tatu is the Samoan word for tattoo) both the people getting the tattoo and the people giving the tattoo get prepared. The person getting the tattoo has to lie down on either the floor or a table, then the person tattooing gets pillows/mats to put under the particular part of the body to stop the ink dripping and/or sometimes blood.
Next they get the tools ready by getting the piercing tool which is made out of a stick, small piece of a turtle shell and boar tusks shaped into a comb. Then they dip the comb shaped boar tusks into some black pigment.
After the boar tusks are dipped into the