Tatau – Pe’a: Photographs by Mark Adams and Measina Samoa | Stories of the Malu by Lisa Taouma | 2003

Published 2003 by Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington
32 pages
255 x 210mm, softcover, with colour illustrations
Edited by Sean Mallon and Roger Blackley
With contributions from Galumalemana Alfred Hunkin, Sophie McIntyre, Tusiata Avia, Peter Brunt, and Mark Adams.
Designed by Chrometoaster Ltd.
Printed by Printlink
ISBN 0-9582167-9-7

'Pe'a: Photographs by Mark Adams and Measina Samoa: Stories of the Malu by Lisa Taouma explore the dynamic complexity and significance of the tatau in the present day. Focusing on the pe'a and the malu, or traditionally, the male and female tattoos, associated respectively with the legendary 'flying fox', and with ideas of shelter and protection, Adams and Taouma examine these two tatau traditions from two distinct socio-cultural and gender perspectives.'
— Introduction & Acknowledments by Sophie McIntyre