MOKO, OR TATTOO. 
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lie owed to the operator, who, not having any regular profes¬ 
sional charges, chiefly depended on the liberality of his patient, 
who was expected not only to feed him with the best, but to make 
him a very handsome present as well. And when the operator 
suspected that he should not be remembered, lie frequently 
became very careless in his work, and rendered the person an 
object for life. Some of the mokos are very coarsely done, 
whilst others are finished with an artist’s touch, by which we 
are able to judge of the way they have severally paid the 
owner of the sounding chisel. 
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, and a few smaller marks on different parts of the body. 
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. Thus, they commenced with— 
1. Te Icaive, which are four lines on each side of the chin. 
2. Te pulcawae, six lines on the chin. 
3. Nga rere liupe, the lines below the nostrils, six in number. 
4. Nga Icokiri, a curved line on the cheek hone. 
5. Nga Icoroaha, lines between the cheek bone and ear. 
6. Nga walcarakau, lines below the former. 
7. Nga pongiangia, the lines on each side of the lower extremity 
of the nose. 
8. Nga pae tarewa, the lines on the cheek bone. 
9. Ngarerepi, and Nga ngatarewa, lines on the bridge of the nose. 
10. Nga tiicana, four lines on the forehead. 
11. Nga rcwha, three lines below the eyebrows. 
12. Nga titi, lines on the centre of the forehead. 
13. Ipu rangi, lines above the former. 
14. Te tono Icai the general name for the lines on the forehead. 
15. He ngutupu rua, both lips tattooed. 
16. Te rape, the higher part of the thighs. 
17. Te paid paid, the tattooing on the seat. 
* The name derived from the movement made when a person assents that 
he.wants food cooking for him, by raising the eyebrows. 
