Marshall Islands Culture and Society
Marshallese Tattooing
A Select Bibliography

compiled by Dirk H.R. Spennemann





Erdland, August
1914Die Marschall-Insulaner. Anthropos Ethnologische Bibliothek. Münster i.W. Bd. 2, Heft 1.

Finsch, Otto
1894 Hautverzierungen der Gilbert-Insulaner. Globus 65, 265-277.


Fukushi, Masaichi
1942 Tattooing of the South Sea Islander (Uchi-Nan-yo tomin no irezumi). Japanische medizinische Wochenschrfit (1040), 1919. Nippon Iji Shinposhoa, Tokyo.


Hasebe, Kotondo
1917Concerning the tattoos of the natives of Ponape Island. (Ponape-to dojin no iresumi ni tsuite) Journal of the Anthropological Society of Tokyo 32(7), 191-196.

1928The tattooing of the Western Micronesians (Seibu Micronesia-jin no irezumi) Journal of the Anthropological Society of Tokyo 43(3), 120-146

1929 Some examples of the nasal septum pierced, @@@

1932 Tattoos by people of the Marshalls. (Marshall-jin no irezumi) Dorumen. Dolmen 1(5), 27-35[Quoted after translation kept at the Micronesian Area Research Center, University of Guam, Guam.

1942Lataran, concerning the tattooing (Rataran) Journal of the Anthropological Society of Tokyo 57 (7), 297-302.

1943Nachtrag zum Artikel Lataran (Rataran hoko) Journal of the Anthropological Society of Tokyo 58(5), 210-214.


Knappe, Wilhelm
1891 Beschreibungen und Erläuterungen des Konsuls Dr. Knappe, von ihm 1885-1889 gemachten Sammlungen. Erfurt 1891.

Krämer, Augustin
1904 Die Ornamentik der Kleidmatten und der Tatauierung auf den Marschall-Inseln. Archiv für Anthropologie N.F. II.


Krämer, Augustin & Hans Nevermann
938Ralik-Ratak (Marschall Inseln). In: G.Thilenius (ed.), Ergebnisse der Südsee-Expedition 1908-1910. II. Ethnographie, B: Mikronesien. Vol. 11: Hamburg: Friedrichsen & de Gruyter.

Kubary, Johann S
1887 Das Tätowiren in Mikronesien, speziell auf den Karolinen. In: W.Joest, Tätowiren, Narbenzeichnen und Körperbemalen. Ein Beitrag zur vergleichenden Ethnologie. Berlin: A.Asher & Co. Pp. 74-98.




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