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The Marquesan culture is said to have evolved the most elaborate tattoo art. This photograph was taken in 1880 CE and shows the traditional tattoo designs of the Polynesian region - specifically, that of the Marquesas Islands.

A Samoan tattooist using the traditional tools to place a tatau (tattoo) on a man's back. The methods and tools were also used in New Zealand by the Maori. This photograph was taken c. 1895 CE by Thomas Andrew (1855-1939 CE).

Map showing the migration of Polynesians who it is thought were originally from Taiwan. They settled in the Polynesian Triangle that encompasses New Zealand, Hawaii and Easter Island as its corners. The Polynesians left Taiwan somewhere between...

Photograph of Tawhiao, second King of the Māori (1822 - 1894 CE). The photo was taken in the 1880s CE by an unknown photographer.

The iconic Te Papa Tongarewa in Wellington, New Zealand opened in 1988 CE and houses the national art collection among its taonga (or treasures).

Portrait by the artist Louis John Steele (1842 - 1918 CE) of a young Māori woman with chin moko (tattoo) 1891 CE. From the collection of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.

Part of the reconstructed 'Procession Fresco' from Knossos showing five men walking to the right and carrying ceremonial vessels. They are dressed in kilts while their arms and legs are decorated with jewellery. Neopalacial period, 1600 -...

One of the rooms in the Heraklion Archaeological Museum in Crete which display sculptures from the Roman era (1st - 3rd century CE).

In the area of the necropolis of the ancient harbour city of Phalasarna stands a two-metre high Hellenistic throne carved from stone which has been interpreted as a throne dedicated possibly to Poseidon, since Phalasarna was a maritime city...

The Museum of Ancient Eleutherna is an on-site archaeological museum on the island of Crete. It houses artefacts found in the nearby archaeological site of Eleutherna and the necropolis of Orthi Petra.