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Maori tattooing / H.G. Robley.

By: Publication details: Mineola, N.Y. : Dover Publications, 2003.Description: xxi, 216 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0486430928 (pbk.)
Uniform titles:
  • Moko
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 391.6/5/0993 22
LOC classification:
  • GN667.N9 R7 2003
Contents:
PART I. MOKO -- I. How Moko first became known to Europeans -- II. Men's Moko -- III. Women's Moko -- IV. Moko processes and tapu -- V. Patterns and designs -- VI. Operators or artists in Moko -- VII. Mokoed Europeans and Mokoed visitors to Europe -- VIII. Moko in legend and song -- IX. Decadence of Moko. -- PART II. MOKOMOKAI -- X. Tradition, history and incidents -- XI. Methods of embalming -- XII. Traffic in heads -- XIII. Mokoed heads in some museums and collections -- List of some of the works consulted.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks GN667 .N9 R7 2003 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001093003

"An unabridged republication of Moko, or, Maori tattooing, originally published by Chapman and Hall, Limited, London, in 1896"--Verso t.p.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-212) and index.

PART I. MOKO -- I. How Moko first became known to Europeans -- II. Men's Moko -- III. Women's Moko -- IV. Moko processes and tapu -- V. Patterns and designs -- VI. Operators or artists in Moko -- VII. Mokoed Europeans and Mokoed visitors to Europe -- VIII. Moko in legend and song -- IX. Decadence of Moko. -- PART II. MOKOMOKAI -- X. Tradition, history and incidents -- XI. Methods of embalming -- XII. Traffic in heads -- XIII. Mokoed heads in some museums and collections -- List of some of the works consulted.

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