Maori Tattooing

This definitive reference on Maori body art features 180 photographs and line drawings by the author. H. G. Robley first encountered the Maori art form during his military service in New Zealand; thirty years later he published this classic ethnography. This 1896 work not only summarizes all previous accounts of Maori tattooing but also augments them with Robley's personal observations from his three decades of observation and study among the craft's practitioners. Published by Dover Publications in 2003 (unabridged republication of Moko: or Maori Tattooing, published by Chapman and Hall, Limited, London, 1896. Includes bibliography and 180 black and white illustrations. 6 1/2 x 9 3/8, Paperback, 212 pages.