Tattooed History: The Story of Mokomokai Publisher / Sheila Foundation Why should you speak to

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Tattooed History: The Story of Mokomokai Publisher / Sheila Foundation Why should you speak toTattooed History: The Story of Mokomokai is the first book to comprehensively explore the history of these remarkable Maori ancestors. The elaborate facial markings (ta moko) of the Maori are well known, but less so is the unique process of preserving the tattooed heads of both enemies and loved ones. This work presents many sources, documents and illustrations for the first time to explore its subject in a new and original way. Mokomokai were first