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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. 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 ...

  4. Koru - Wikipedia

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    An unfurling silver fern frond Koru kōwhaiwhai patterns on a rafter from the Ngāti Maru wharenui Hotunui The koru flag. The koru (Māori for 'loop or coil') [1] is a spiral shape evoking a newly unfurling frond from a silver fern frond. [2] It is an integral symbol in Māori art, carving and tattooing, where it symbolises new life, growth ...

  5. Rangi Kipa - Wikipedia

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    Art historian Ngarino Ellis writes that patterns used in Kipa's tā moko "will be based on Kipa's whakairo (carving) practice, with a modern slant, both in the imagery and the ideas articulated within it". [6]: 26 She continues Kipa is keen to break boundaries and challenge the notion of tradition within Māori culture.

  6. Christine Harvey - Wikipedia

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    Christine Harvey is a New Zealand tā moko (Māori tattoo) artist and teacher. Life and career. Harvey was born in Christchurch.

  7. New Zealand art - Wikipedia

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    New Zealand art consists of the visual and plastic arts (including woodwork, textiles, and ceramics) originating from New Zealand and comes from different traditions: indigenous Māori art and that brought here including from early European mostly British settlers.

  8. Manu Farrarons - Wikipedia

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    Manu Farrarons (born 1967) is a French-born Polynesian tattoo artist. Farrarons' art is a mix of Polynesian styles and designs, mostly Tahitian and Marquesan, which he mixes with Māori and Hawaiian influences. Full leg tattooed by Manu Farrarons. Freehand creation.

  9. History of tattooing - Wikipedia

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    [47] [48] [58] Most of the names are derived from Proto-Austronesian *beCik ("tattoo") and *patik ("mottled pattern"). [61] [62] Whang-od, the last mambabatok of the Kalinga in the Philippines, performing a traditional batek tattoo with a mallet and hafted needles 1896 illustration of Ibaloi tattoo patterns which are records of war exploits and ...

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