Moko - the art of tattoo - has always been part of the Maori ... Rihanna and Mike Tyson all have tribal tattoos inspired by Maori designs Much of this occurs on the bodies of both sexes.

The word tattoo comes from the Tahitian word tatau and the Maori brought the art form with them when they ... and he contributed to the design of the moko-type tattoos which adorned gang members ...

But the U.S. tattoo culture is nothing compared to some of the world's body art traditions ... Whare Heke, Maori artist and bone carver, he works out of his Moana Nui Designs studio in Watertown ...

Maihi, who got his first tattoo ... Te Puia’s Maori Arts and Crafts Institute in Rotorua, on New Zealand’s North Island, and says it was a natural progression from carving designs onto wood ...

A description for the studio on the Moko Ink website reads: 'Moko Ink is the worlds first Maori Tattoo Studio ... of Ta Moko is used to design a unique piece of body art expressing aspects that ...

Facial tattoos have been a part of Maori culture ... The simple design "explains the transformative work that Sally does", said a statement on her website. The tattoo artist Inia Taylor has ...

KAIROUAN, Tunisia, Sept 29 (Reuters) - Tunisian tattoo artist Manel ... collecting designs and learning about the custom of using body art to ward off disease or bad luck through particular ...

Loading Similar to other indigenous practices across the Pacific, such as Samoan tatau, batok designs ... art of tattooing, or batok, may not be as well known as the Polynesian or Maori tribal ...

If there's one thing we know about Rihanna, it's that she's a big fan of tattoos and body art ... got the same design on his arm.) While the circumstances surrounding her new tattoo may be ...

Facial tattoos have been a part of Maori culture ... The simple design "explains the transformative work that Sally does", said a statement on her website. The tattoo artist Inia Taylor has ...