Moko kanohi in action at Te Papa

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Over the past year a group of tā moko artists have studied over 200 toi moko, or Māori ancestral heads at Te Papa with the hope of identifying their iwi and eventually returning them home. | Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/RNZVideo?sub_confirmation=1

For the last 20 years the Karanga Aotearoa programme has been repatriating toi moko from overseas museums and universities and while western records are scarce the markings themselves reveal another layer of knowledge.

The collective, Te Uhi a Mataora, put some of what they have learned from the toi moko into practice at Te Mātātuhi, a three day event where the public got the chance to view moko kanohi or facial tattooing in action.

Full story: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/574746/te-papa-showcases-moko-kanohi-or-facial-tattooing-in-action