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  2. Tā moko - Wikipedia

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    Painting by Gottfried Lindauer of a moko being carved into a man's face by a tohunga-tā-moko (tattooist) A collection of kōrere (feeding funnels). Historically the skin was carved by uhi [6] (chisels), rather than punctured as in common contemporary tattooing; this left the skin with grooves rather than a smooth surface.

  3. Rapa Nui tattooing - Wikipedia

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    Rapa Nui tattoo tools, Manchester Museum. Tattoos, as well as other forms of art in Rapa Nui, blends anthropomorphic and zoomorphic imagery. [3] The most common symbols represented were of the Make-Make god, Moais, Komari (the symbol of female fertility), the manutara, and other forms of birds, fish, turtles or figures from the Rongo Rongo ...

  4. Toi moko - Wikipedia

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    Moko facial tattoos were traditional in Māori culture until about the mid-19th century, when their use began to disappear. There has been something of a revival from the late 20th century. In pre-European Māori culture, they denoted high social status. Generally only men had full facial moko. High-ranked women often had moko on their lips and ...

  5. New Zealand art - Wikipedia

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    Although in an essentially traditional style, this carving was created using metal tools and uses modern paints, creating a form distinct from that of pre-European times. Māori visual art consists primarily of four forms: carving ( whakairo ) , tattooing ( tā moko ), weaving ( raranga ), and painting ( kōwhaiwhai ). [ 7 ]

  6. Maohi - Wikipedia

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    One of the traditional maraes in Tahiti La Culture Ma'ohi is a culture movement by the Ma'ohi people to rediscover their culture after colonization by the French in the mid-nineteenth century. Most traditions from the Ma'ohi culture were lost due to colonization, and diverse influences from neighboring islands such as the Marquesas, the Austral ...

  7. Coat of arms of New Zealand - Wikipedia

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    The coat of arms of New Zealand (Māori: Te Tohu Pakanga o Aotearoa [3]) is the heraldic symbol representing the South Pacific island country of New Zealand.Its design reflects New Zealand's history as a bicultural nation, with Zealandia, a European female figure on one side and a Māori rangatira (chief) on the other.

  8. King shares traditional greetings with Maori attendee at ...

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    Charles, 76, shared a hongi – a traditional Maori greeting where two people press their noses together – with Mere Takoko, the co-founder of Pacific Whale Fund, at the launch of the King’s ...

  9. Tiki - Wikipedia

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    A Māori man painting a tattoo on a carved wooden tiki at Whakarewarewa model village, New Zealand, c. 1905 Hawaiian kiʻi at Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park Tiki statuette from the Marquesas. In Māori mythology, Tiki is the first man created by either Tūmatauenga or Tāne.