Kōrero: Tā moko – Māori tattooing

Ki mua

Uhi tā moko

Whai muri

Kei roto i tēnei kopa kirikau (nō te rautau 1800) ngā taputapu katoa a te tohunga tā moko. 15 ngā uhi maitai; 14 ngā uhi toroa; me tētahi kakau ka taea te kōkuhu ki roto i te kopa.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Reference: WE000300

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Rawinia Higgins, Tā moko – Māori tattooing – Tā moko technology, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/object/41238/uhi-ta-moko-tattooing-instruments (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Rawinia Higgins, i tāngia i te 4 April 2013.