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Tattooed<\/em> History<\/em>: The<\/em> Story<\/em> of<\/em> Mokomokai <\/em>is the first book to comprehensively explore the history of these remarkable Maori ancestors. The elaborate facial markings (ta<\/em> moko<\/em>) of the Maori are well-known, but less so is the unique process of preserving the tattooed heads of both enemies and loved ones.\u00a0 This work presents many sources, documents and illustrations for the first time to explore its subject in a new and original way.
\nMokomokai<\/em> were first encountered by Europeans during the exploration of New Zealand by James Cook. When missionaries, traders and other visitors learnt more about mokomokai<\/em> they published the first descriptions of how they were preserved and the customs surrounding them. This book examines these early nineteenth century writings and describes how mokomokai<\/em> were first exhibited to curious foreign onlookers around the same time.\u00a0 The acquisition of mokomokai<\/em> by outsiders, often in exchange for weapons, is discussed along with how these heads formed part of the earliest collections of museums and other institutions.
\nOnce European settlement expanded, the practice of preserving heads ended and there were very few left in New Zealand. While New Zealand established its own first museums they often had to acquire mokomokai<\/em> from outside the country. This work describes the auction and sale of mokomokai<\/em> in Britain for a period of over 150 years. It discusses the collecting of mokomokai<\/em> by such renowned British collectors as Horatio Gordon Robley and W.O. Oldman, who were sometimes the source of mokomokai<\/em> for New Zealand institutions.
\nThe public sale of mokomokai<\/em> at auction in Britain ended when Maori mounted legal challenges to such sales. These legal strategies are discussed along with how they were replaced by comprehensive repatriation strategies that received government support and are ongoing.
\nTattooed<\/em> History<\/em> presents the 250 year-long story of mokomokai<\/em> in a new and exciting way, through rich historical and illustrative documentation. This book places these unique remains in the overall context of New Zealand history, the characters who formed part of it, and the emergence of an international market for ethnography after the Second World War.<\/p>\n

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Robert K. Paterson<\/strong> is a professor emeritus of law at the University of British Columbia, in Vancouver, Canada. He obtained his law degree in New Zealand and then completed a JSM at Stanford Law School in California. He has written extensively in the area of cultural property and art law, including co-authoring Cultural<\/em> Law<\/em>: International<\/em>, Comparative<\/em>, and<\/em> Indigenous<\/em> (Cambridge, 2010). He was rapporteur of the Cultural Heritage Law Committee of the International Law Association, of which he remains a member. He is also a member of the editorial board of the International<\/em> Journal<\/em> of<\/em> Cultural<\/em> Property<\/em> and the director\u2019s advisory council of the University of British Columbia Museum of Anthropology.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tattooed 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.\u00a0 This work presents many sources, documents…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":25669,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[63],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-25704","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-oceanic-art","7":"disponibilita-si","8":"description-off","10":"first","11":"instock","12":"shipping-taxable","13":"purchasable","14":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fivecontinentseditions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/25704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fivecontinentseditions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fivecontinentseditions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fivecontinentseditions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fivecontinentseditions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fivecontinentseditions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=25704"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fivecontinentseditions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=25704"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fivecontinentseditions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=25704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}