Maori Tattooing
By: Horatio Gordon Robley
GN 667 .N9 R7 2003
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.
Published 2003
240 pages
ISBN 0486430928
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