Uhi matarau (many-pointed tattooing instrument)

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Uhi matarau (many-pointed tattooing instrument)

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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

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Te Papa Collections Online

Description

'Taia o moko hai hoa matenga mau' ('Have your face adorned with tattoo, to be your companion until death'). 'You may lose your most valuable property through misfortune in various ways; you may lose your house, your patu pounamu (greenstone club), your wife, and other treasures - you may be robbed of all your most-prized possessions; but of your moko (customary Maori tattoo) you cannot be deprived except by death; it will be your ornament and your companion until your last day.'Netana Rakura...

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Date created

1750-1850

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/137322

Related subjects

wood / bone / muka (fibre) / ceremonial objects / chisels / tattooing instruments / carving / New Zealand / Sir Walter Buller

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