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Māori tattooing / H.G. Robley.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Mineola, N.Y. : Dover Publications, 2003.Edition: Dover editionDescription: xxi, 216 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0486430928 (pbk.)
  • 9780486430928 (pbk.)
Uniform titles:
  • Moko
Subject(s):
Contents:
Moko : how moko first became known to Europeans -- Men's & women's moko -- Moko processes & tapu -- Patterns & designs -- Operators or artists in moko -- Mokoed Europeans & moked visitors to Europe -- Moko in legend & song -- Decadence of moko -- Mokomokai : Traditions, histories & incidents -- Methods of embalming -- Traffic in heads -- Mokoed heads in museums & collections.
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Te Taurawhiri Non-Fiction Alexander Library | Te Rerenga Mai o Te Kauru Te Taurawhiri Te Taurawhiri 391.65 ROB 1 Available T00422676
Te Taurawhiri Non-Fiction Hakeke Street Library Te Taurawhiri Te Taurawhiri 391.65 ROB Available T00422694
Te Taurawhiri Non-Fiction Suzanne Aubert Library at Jerusalem WG_JMAORI 391.65 ROB 1 Available T00422681
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Originally published in 1896, this classic of ethnography was assembled by a skilled illustrator who first encountered Maori tattoo art during his military service in New Zealand. Maori tattooing (moko) consists of a complex design of marks, made in ink and incised into the skin, that communicate the bearer's genealogy, tribal affiliation, and spirituality. This well-illustrated volume summarizes all previous accounts of moko and encompasses many of Robley's own observations. He relates how moko first became known to Europeans and discusses the distinctions between men and women's moko, patterns and designs, moko in legend and song, and the practice of mokomokai: the preservation of the heads of Maori ancestors. Features 180 black-and-white illustrations.

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

"With 180 illustrations from drawings by the author and from photographs."

Includes index.

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

Bibliography: p. [209]-212.

Moko : how moko first became known to Europeans -- Men's & women's moko -- Moko processes & tapu -- Patterns & designs -- Operators or artists in moko -- Mokoed Europeans & moked visitors to Europe -- Moko in legend & song -- Decadence of moko -- Mokomokai : Traditions, histories & incidents -- Methods of embalming -- Traffic in heads -- Mokoed heads in museums & collections.

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Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Part I. Moko
  • Chapter I. How Moko first became known to Europeans (p. 1)
  • Chapter II. Men's Moko (p. 20)
  • Chapter III. Women's Moko (p. 33)
  • Chapter IV. Moko Processes and Tapu (p. 48)
  • Chapter V. Patterns and Designs (p. 64)
  • Chapter VI. Operators or Artists in Moko (p. 98)
  • Chapter VII. Mokoed Europeans and Mokoed Visitors to Europe (p. 102)
  • Chapter VIII. Moko in Legend and Song (p. 114)
  • Chapter IX. Decadence of Moko (p. 121)
  • Part II. Mokomokai
  • Chapter X. Tradition, History, and Incidents (p. 131)
  • Chapter XI. Methods of Embalming (p. 148)
  • Chapter XII. Traffic in Heads (p. 166)
  • Chapter XIII. Mokoed Heads in Museums and Collections (p. 183)
  • List of some of the Works consulted (p. 209)

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