item details
NameMrs Tiripou Haerewa and Special Colour Feature: The Vanishing Māori Moko
ProductionUnknown; photographer; 1960s
The Weekly News; publisher; 18 May 1970
The Weekly News; publisher; 18 May 1970
Classificationcolour photographs
Materialsphotographic paper, photographic gelatin, dye, adhesive
Techniquescolour photography
Registration NumberMU000049/020/0009
Overview
Mrs Tiripou Haerewa is an octogenarian of the Tuhoe tribe living at Ruatahuna in the deep heart of the Urewera. Most of the moko was done by the old-time chisel method using mallet and chisel, an operation remembered as bloody and painful.
Special Colour Feature: The Vanishing Maori Moko