30 incredible portraits of Maori women with traditional tattoos
By the end of the XIX century the art of Maori tattoo has almost disappeared due to the spread in New Zealand bounty hunting, but later the tradition was revived. These portraits of māori women made in the early XX century.
A traditional Maori tattoo – Maori Moko – has a long history and has a sacred value for the indigenous new Zealanders.
Stuffed it with a special tool "soup", which, together with the pattern left on the skin scars.
Tattoo Maori called TA Moko or Moko.
Women often apply it on the chin, sometimes on the hips and waist, while men covered with tattoos all over the face.
The figure symbolized the social status of the individual in society.
Women's Moko on the chin was considered a physical manifestation of their true nature
Keywords: Women | Maori | Tattoo | Tradition
Post News ArticleRecent articles
There are dolls very similar to living people. And there are so realistic that their appearance can only be explained by magic. ...
Japan is deservedly considered one of the safest countries in the world. Even organized crime there has a "human face" ...
Related articles
Photographer Adam Hinton has taken a series of mesmerizing portraits of members of the Mara Salvaruch, also known as MS-13 — one ...
Motherhood significantly changes a woman's body. But there are more profound changes affecting the nature and Outlook. Reflected in ...
American artist Lee Price is sure that eating is a completely natural process, but many are ashamed of their attitude to food, ...
Famous British photographer Bob Carlos Clarke was born in an Irish corps in 1950. In 1969 he moved to England to study art and ...