Ta Moko [Paperback]

David Simmons (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 31, 1999

Ta Moko is an outstanding work of Maori scholarship. The art of Maori tattoo has always been regarded with fascination, and this was one of the first comprehensive books on the subject. The author, formerly ethnologist with the Auckland Museum, provides an examination of Maori moko in all its aspects - its historical develpment, tribal variations, design principles and social significance. In this illustrated study of male and female moko, the author draws on the records, journals and sketches of early European observers in New Zealand - explorers such as Cook, de Surville and du Fresne and later traders and missionaries. He relies, too, on visual sources, including the work of artists such as Earle, Angas, Robley, Lindauer and Goldie, to document the increasing standardisation, and eventual decline and disappearance of male moko in the nineteenth century.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 183 pages
• Publisher: Aldington Books Ltd; 3rd edition (July 31, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0790005689
• ISBN-13: 978-0790005683
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 7.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,985,838 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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This review is from: Ta moko: The art of Maori tattoo (Paperback)

The book by Michael King, Revised Edition of a photography and social history, which submission all the facts of life among Maori before the Euporean time of settlements in NZ, what are the Maori like in past and today are totally different