Moko; or Maori Tattooing

Contents

• • [covers]
  • A Strange Trade — Deals in Maori Heads — Pioneer Artists — by T. Dunbabin
    • [introduction]
    • Boom in Art
    • Importation Prohibited
  • The Evening Post, Saturday, September 4, 1920. — The Maori Wars — Major-General Robley — Soldier and Artist — by Horace Edward Manners Fildes
    • [introduction]
    • A Landing in Auckland
    • A Collector of Heads
    • Some Little-Known Work
  • [half-title]
  • [letter]
  • [watercolour painting]
  • [frontispiece]
  • [title page]
  • [dedication]
  • Preface
    • [subsection]
    • Two Letters
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
• • Part I — Moko
    • Moko and Mokamokai — Chapter I — How Moko First Became Knows to Europeans
    • Chapter II — Moko Men
    • Chapter III — Moko Women
    • Chapter IV — Moko Processes
    • Chapter V — Patterns
    • Chapter VI — Operators or Artists
    • Chapter VII — Mokoed Europeans and Mokoed Visitors to Europe
    • Chapter VIII — Moko in Legend and Song
    • Chapter IX — The Decadence of Moko
  • Part II — Mokamokai
    • [introduction]
    • Chapter X — Tradition, History, and Incidents of Mokamokai
    • Chapter XI — Methods of Embalming
    • Chapter XII — Traffic in Heads
    • Chapter XIII — Mokoed Heads in Museums and Collections
• • Authorities Consulted
  • Index
  • [inserts]
    • [photo]
    • [frontispiece inserts]
    • [historic fresco insert]
    • [references insert]
    • [newspaper clipping]

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Title: Moko; or Maori Tattooing

Author: Major-General Robley

Publication details: Chapman and Hall Limited, 1896

Part of: The Moko Texts Collection

This text is the subject of:

• Policy Regarding Display of Images of Mokamokai
• Victoria University of Wellington Libraries Catalogue
• “Moko; or Maori Tattooing” Project: A Report on Consultation

Keywords: Historical Māori and Pacific Islands

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