POLYNESIAN CULTURE
South East Queensland, AUSTRALIA — Scientists in Australia have dated a set of ancient tattoo chisels to the dawn of Polynesian culture, 2,700 years ago. The tools were found in Tonga Tapu, and the scientists say that suggests that tattooing began in Tonga and Samoa, and then spread to the rest of...

![A set of tātatau tools and instruments made by the late Tufuga tātatau Su‘a Sulu‘ape Paulo II. Purchased from Su‘a Sulu‘ape Paulo II, 1991. [Auckland War Memorial Museum ] A set of tātatau tools and instruments](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/tatau-tools-700x.jpg?itok=5kIw4bbi)