NANA HENNA UNGARANSEMARANG : POLYNESIAN TATTOO SYMBOLS \u0026 MEANINGS

NANA HENNA UNGARANSEMARANG : POLYNESIAN TATTOO SYMBOLS \u0026 MEANINGS $NANA HENNA UNGARANSEMARANG : POLYNESIAN TATTOO SYMBOLS \u0026 MEANINGS$

The word tattoo, or tattow in the 18th century, is a loanword from the Samoan word tatau, which means "to strike". The Oxford English Dictionary gives the etymology of tattoo as "In 18th c. tattaow, tattow. From Polynesian (Samoan, Tahitian, Tongan, and so on.) tatau. In Marquesan, tatu." Just before the importation of the Polynesian word, the practice of tattooing had been described in the West as painting, scarring or staining.The etymology of the physique modification term is not to be confused with the origins of the word for the military drumbeat or overall performance — see military tattoo. In this case, the English word tattoo is derived from the Dutch word taptoe.The 1st written reference to the word tattoo (or tatau) appears in the journal of Joseph Banks (24 February 1743 – 19 June 1820), the naturalist aboard explorer James Cook's ship HMS Endeavour: "I shall now mention the way they mark themselves indelibly, each and every of them is so marked by their humour or disposition".[5] The word tattoo was brought to Europe by Cook, when he returned in 1769 from his initial voyage to Tahiti and New Zealand. In his narrative of the voyage, he refers to an operation known as "tattaw".

Tattoo enthusiasts might refer to tattoos as "ink", "pieces", "skin art", "tattoo art", "tats" or "work"; to the creators as "tattoo artists", "tattooers" or "tattooists"; and to areas where they operate as "tattoo shops", "tattoo studios" or "tattoo parlors".Mainstream art galleries hold exhibitions of each conventional and custom tattoo designs, such as Beyond Skin, at the Museum of Croydon. Copyrighted tattoo designs that are mass-developed and sent to tattoo artists are recognized as "flash", a notable instance of industrial design.[8] Flash sheets are prominently displayed in many tattoo parlors for the objective of providing both inspiration and prepared-created tattoo images to clients.

The Japanese word irezumi signifies "insertion of ink" and can imply tattoos making use of tebori, the classic Japanese hand method, a Western-style machine or any method of tattooing using insertion of ink. The most common word utilized for traditional Japanese tattoo styles is horimono. Japanese could use the word tattoo to mean non-Japanese designs of tattooing.