Shane Jones' moko face, with Bruce Hereora in the background. Moko is Maori traditional skin carving

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Shane Jones' face, with Bruce Hereora in the background. Bruce Hereora and Shane Jones, who revived traditional moko, the art of Maori skin carving, in the 1990s, are descendants of Eruera Maihi Patuone (1764-1872) - the Maori chief of Ngapuhi. Moko is a visual language,marking integrity, identity, prestige, geanology and history.

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Size: 5120px × 3413px
Location: Otaki, New Zealand
Photo credit: © Aroon Thaewchatturat / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: albatross, ancestor, carving, chisel, community, culture, face, identity, ink, island, maori, moko, needle, otaki, pacific, pain, pigment, pride, ritual, skin, stone, tattoo, tradition, tribe, zealand