Tattoo masters in the Polynesian culture holds one of the most important yet crucial role in arts because they themselves bear themselves the meaning of what they do ( that includes symbols and motifs) and they certainly know how to combine them to create meaningful creation of artwork to each person.
Since Polynesia consists of islands and mostly surrounded with water, the most common tattoo designs are sea creatures and the ocean. It depicts symbols like sharks, sea urchins and mantas , waves and many more. This is because the ocean is their primary source of living, a legacy from their ancestors and Polynesian regards the ocean as their final destination and even the world beyond death.
These images attached are from a very good friend Sulu'ape Mo'o aka Pili Mo'o
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