MALLERY. | NEW ZEALAND TATTOO. 409 
The following is from Rey. Richard Taylor (¢) about the New Zea- 
landers, Te Ika a Maui: 
Before they went to fight, the youth were accustomed to mark their countenances 
with charcoal in different lines, and their traditions state that this was the beginning 
of the tattoo. for their wars became so continuous, that to save the trouble of thus 
constantly painting the face, they made the lines permanent by the moko; itis, how- 
ever, a question whether it did not arise from a different cause; formerly the grand 
mass of men who went to fight were the black slaves, and when they fought side by 
side with their lighter colored masters, the latter on those occasions used charcoal to 
make it appear they were all one. 
Fic. 533.—New Zealand tattooed bead and chin mark. 
Whilst the males had every part of the face tattooed, and the thighs as well, the 
females had chiefly the chin and the lips, although occasionally they also had their 
thighs and breasts, with a few smaller marks on different parts of the body as well. 
There were regular rules for tattooing, and the artist always went systematically to 
work, beginning at one spot and gradually proceeding to another, each particular 
part having its distinguishing name. 
Fig. 532 is an illustration from the same work, facing page 378. It 
shows the “ grave of an Australian native, with his name, rank, tribe, 
ete., cut in hieroglyphics on the trees,” which “ hieroglyphies” are sup- 
posed to be connected with his tattoo marks. 
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Fic. 534.—Tattoo design on bone, New Zealand. 
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Fig, 533 is a copy of a tattooed head carved by Hongi, and also of 
the tattooing on a woman’s chin, taken from the work last cited. 
The accompanying illustration, Fig. 534, is taken from a bone ob- 
tained from a mound in New Zealand, by Prof. I. C. Russell, formerly 
of the U. 8. Geological Survey. He says that the Maori formerly 
tattooed the bones of enemies, though the custom now seems to have 
been abandoned. The work consists of sharp, shallow lnes, as if made 
