Tattoos Gran Canaria
Tattoos Gran Canaria
Tattoos Gran Canaria
Tattoos Gran Canaria – Maori tattoo
The art of Maori tattoo was brought to New Zealand from Eastern Polynesia. The bone chisels used for tattooing can be found in archaeological sites of various ages in New Zealand, as well as in some early Eastern Polynesian sites. In 1769, when Captain James Cook witnessed tattooing for the first time in Tahiti.
Tattoos Gran Canaria
Tattoo Gran Canaria – Maori tattoo
Ta Moko – the process
According to the archaeological sources, tattoo derives from New Zeeland and goes to eastern Polynes culture. For tattooing was used a chisel made from bone, and it can be found from several archaeological point of view in different time, in New-Zeeland but in some East-Polynesia’s place, too. Despite of the fact that the Maorik practised the art of tattooing, there isn’t any evidence that not Maori people didn’t do the same. Tattoos Gran Canaria regarded the head as the most sacred part of the body. Since tattooing caused bleeding, this was done only by the most expert craftsman or “tahunga-ta-oko”. These people occupied a significant position in the society.
Tattoos Gran Canaria
Tattooing started in teen-age, and was campaigned by several customs and rituals. Tattoos Gran Canaria has Certain rules had to be followed during tattooing and after the process, for example during the facial tattoos Gran Canaria process it was not allowed any sexual intercourse or eating firm. Instead they poured liquid food into their mouth with a cornet which was made of wood, ensuring that infectious food cannot touch the inflamed skin. At the same time this was the only method that the tattooed person could follow to have some food until the wound has been healed. Tattooing tool was a bone tool, with a rough or straight edge.
Tattoos Gran Canaria
In the first step of tattooing a deep scratching was made in the skin, then a chisel was dipped in jet-blanch mad for example from burnt rubber or burnt worm and striked, entered into the skin .It was a long and painful process; they put Karaka-tree leaves into the deep cut many times to hurry the healing.
Tattoos Gran Canaria
The Moko models and symbolsThe Moko is like an identity card or passport. At males Moko sign shows the rank, the combativeness or the masculinity. They recognized immediately the carrier’s power, position and authority in this Moko. Tattoos Gran Canaria naturally an individual Moko with other external signs determined, the carrier’s identity. For example a boss Moko who was wearing a dog-skin mantle, was identified as a responsible leader for fighters.
The Moko tattoos are divided into eight parts:
Ngakaipikirau = rank and occupation – the central part of the forehead
Ngunga = the place on the social ladder – around the eyebrow
Uirere = occupation – the environ of eyes and nose
Uma = first or second marriage – temple
Raurau = a kind of personal signature – the part under the nose
Taiohou = occupation – cheekbone
Wairua = interior position – mentum
Taitoto = social status – it was tattooed in birth to the jaw
Tattoos Gran Canaria
Tattoos from Maori were already different. In these days many people rank high those drawings which popularity increased. Tattoos Gran Canaria In general the modern Maori tattoos are found on the body not in the face and they use new tattoo’s methods.
Tattoos Gran Canaria
Particularly today body jewelleries are made from titan and niobium. Its placement can happen pierce the skin or throwing. They use ear piercing pistol to put ear piercing in, which directly get the jewellery into the wanted place, for example in ear lobe. In other case prick is the most suitable priming, because it doesn’t damage the skin in such rate, less complicated and it is not bleeding so much.