Keone Nunes, Master Hawaiian Tattooist Pacific Worlds

Wellknown Hawaiian traditional tattooist Keone Nunes helped OMCA to conceptualize the tattoo section in the Pacific Worlds exhibition, so we were delighted to meet him in person this fall. Nunes visited California in September and October in part because he was asked to tattoo Native Californians in the Arcata area with their own ancestral designs. His visit was a follow up to a first trip a dozen years ago, and Nunes said he sees these invitations as an enormous honor and responsibility. At OMCA, Nunes to br, br,