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Tā moko is the permanent marking or tattooing as customarily practised by Māori, the indigenous people of New Zealand. It is one of the five main Polynesian tattoo styles (the other four are Marquesan, Samoan, Tahitian and Hawaiian). [1] Tohunga-tā-moko (tattooists) were considered tapu, or inviolable and sacred. [2]
Kipa's moko work is just one aspect of his art practice that reflects an artist drawing on his cultural heritage in new and exciting ways, demonstrating how tradition and innovation are, in fact, one and the same. [6]: 26 In 2004 Kipa was a Te Waka Toi Inaugural Artist in Residence in the Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Centre, Nouméa. [2]
Toi moko, or mokomokai, are the preserved heads of Māori, the indigenous people of New Zealand, where the faces have been decorated by tā moko tattooing. They became valuable trade items during the Musket Wars of the early 19th century. Many toi moko were taken from their family and homeland as trophies.
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The significance of Ta Moko (Maori facial tattooing) today: Life Mask Image of Moko being created: Simon Morton & Mark Kopua, Ta Moko Artist 85: A Powerful Peacemaker: New Zealand: 1819: The peacemaking Taiaha named Te Rongotaketake from the early colonial period: Not found in Collections Online: Riria Hotere & Matiu Baker, Curator 86: Carving ...
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Paama-Pengelly was the head of faculty between 2004 and 2007 of Te Toi Whakarei, Art and Visual Culture at Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi in Whakatāne. [1] Paama-Pengelly has also taught at the Western Institute of Technology, Taranaki and Massey University, Wellington.