Back print: full design — stingray with barbed tail, 'the sting-ray escapes but leaves its barb behind'

The Barb Remains — Samoan Proverb Tee

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Back print: full design — stingray with barbed tail, 'the sting-ray escapes but leaves its barb behind'
  • Back print: full design — stingray with barbed tail, 'the sting-ray escapes but leaves its barb behind'
  • Back print: full design — stingray with barbed tail, 'the sting-ray escapes but leaves its barb behind'
The Barb Remains — Samoan Proverb Tee

The Barb Remains — Samoan Proverb Tee

$23.99
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<p><strong>E sola le fai, 'ae tu'u le foto.</strong><br>"The sting-ray escapes, but it leaves its barb behind."</p> <p>This alagaupu (Samoan proverb) draws on the stingray's sharp, barbed tail spine, which easily breaks off and remains lodged in a wound even after the fish itself has swum away. Traditionally spoken as an <em>upu fa'anoanoa</em> (words of regret), it carries the meaning: the evil a man does lives on after him. Consequences outlast the one who caused them.</p> 

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