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February 2022

Maori tatoo

Māori tattoo : History and origins of an ancestral Polynesian art

The origins of the Māori tattoo The word tattoo is derived from the Tahitian word Tatau, which means ‘to strike’ or ‘to hit’. Their precise origins are unknown, but Māori tattoos can be found all across the Polynesian Triangle, with examples ranging from the Cook Islands and French Polynesia (with the exclusion of numerous islands …

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