Maori Tattooing
This classic of ethnography describes Maori tattooing (moko), which communicates the bearer's genealogy, tribal affiliation, and spirituality. This definitive study relates how moko first became known to Europeans and discusses the distinctions between men and women's moko, patterns and designs, and moko in legend and song. Features 180 black-and-white illustrations.
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This classic of ethnography describes Maori tattooing (moko), which communicates the bearer's genealogy, tribal affiliation, and spirituality. This definitive study relates how moko first became known to Europeans and discusses the distinctions between men and women's moko, patterns and designs, and moko in legend and song. Features 180 black-and-white illustrations.
Part I.MokoChapter I.How Moko first became known to Europeans1Chapter II.Men's Moko20Chapter III.Women's Moko33Chapter IV.Moko Processes and Tapu48Chapter V.Patterns and Designs64Chapter VI.Operators or Artists in Moko98Chapter VII.Mokoed Europeans and Mokoed Visitors to Europe102Chapter VIII.Moko in Legend and Song114Chapter IX.Decadence of Moko121Part II.MokomokaiChapter X.Tradition, History, and Incidents131Chapter XI.Methods of Embalming148Chapter XII.Traffic in Heads166Chapter XIII.Mokoed Heads in Museums and Collections183List of some of the Works consulted209
