Toi moko Tū Atu Toi moko Tū Mai - The Trade and Repatriation of Toi moko

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Toi moko Tū Atu Toi moko Tū Mai - The Trade and Repatriation of Toi moko

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Victoria University of Wellington

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<b>This thesis focuses on tikanga Māori (deep Māori philosophy, traditions, ethics and values) associated with the commercial trade of Toi moko (preserved Māori ancestral heads) and kōiwi tangata (Māori skeletal remains) from 1769 to the present day, as well as tikanga associated with the repatriation of Toi moko and kōiwi tangata from overseas institutions from the 1980s. This research seeks to understand the connection tikanga has with the rationale for rangatira in the early 1800s to engag...

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Scholarly text / Thesis

Thesis level

Doctoral

Date created

2023

Creator

Te Herekiekie Herewini

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https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/Toi_moko_T_Atu_Toi_moko_T_Mai_-_The_Trade_and_Repatriation_o...

Related subjects

Heritage, archive and museum studies not elsewhere classified / Te mātai whaipara Māori (Māori archaeology) / Te hītori Māori (Māori history) / Te ahurea, reo, me te hītori o te Māori kāore anō kia whakarōpūtia i wāhi kē (Māori culture, language and history not elsewhere classified) / Applied ethics not elsewhere classified / Philosophy not elsewhere classified / Māori / Toi moko / Kōiwi Tangata / Kōimi T'chakat / Repatriation / Tikanga / Tatau Pounamu / Colonization / Māori history / Reconciliation / School: Te Kawa a Māui—The School of Māori Studies / Curatorial and Related Studies not elsewhere classified / Māori History / Applied Ethics not elsewhere classified / Māori Archaeology / Māori Cultural Studies / Āhuatanga Māori (te tuku ihotanga Māori) (Māori tradition) / Te whāomoomo i te tuku ihotanga me te ahurea Māori (conserving Māori heritage and culture) / Mōhiotanga Māori (Māori knowledge) / Ngā tikanga Māori (Māori customary practices) / Ngā taonga (Māori artefacts) / Degree Discipline: Māori Studies / Degree Level: Doctoral / Degree Name: Doctor of Philosophy / Maori Archaeology / Maori History / Maori Cultural Studies

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