Artist unknown :Ancient tattooing. Moko-kuri. Frontispiece. [From John White's Ancient history of the Maori (Wellington, 1891)]

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Artist unknown :Ancient tattooing. Moko-kuri. Frontispiece. [From John White's Ancient history of the Maori (Wellington, 1891)]

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TAPUHI

Description

A frontal view of a Maori man with a moko pattern of small parallel lines at right-angles to one another. He is holding a mere and wearing a tiki on round beads, and a tag-style cloak, with tufts, rather than long tags. He wears four feathers in a headband at the front of his head The source of this image is not known. There are no known drawing of moko in this style by European artists A-274-12-2 Tattooing practised by Mata-Ora is on the same sheet Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical...

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Date created

1890 - 1891

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http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22305888

Related subjects

Tā moko (Uhi) / Māori (New Zealand people) / Clothing

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