Mau Moko -The world of Maori tattoo by Ngahuia Te Awekotuku with Linda Waimarie Nikora, hard covered book of 259 pages and printed in 2007. New photography by Becky Nunes. The condition of the book is as new, exactly what you would expect if buying it new from a book shop. In my pics the pages looks yellowish it is actually white, I took the pics in bad light. The book covers- Introduction, the beginnings of the project, Origins of the art in the ancient world, Towards a changing world, Women and Moko, moving between times, The artists stories, The wearers stories, Into the future, Appendices. In the traditional Maori world the moko, or facial or body tattoo, was part of everyday life; everyone had some patterning on their skin. Men wore elaborate designs on their faces; women were usually less complex but elegant, and both sexes had extensive body work. After almost dying out in the twentieth century, Maori skin art is now experiencing a powerful revival, with many young urban Maori displaying the moko as a spectacular gesture of ethnic pride and identity. It says this magnificently illustrated book by a group of Maori scholars from the University of Waikato is the closest there has ever been to a complete book on moko. Mau Moko examines the use of moko by traditional Maori, notes historical material including manuscripts and unpublished, aural sources, and links the art to the present day. It explores the cultural and spiritual issues surrounding moko and relates dozens of stories, many of them powerful and heart-warming, from wearers and artists.

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