The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-01-31
I ATTOOlNG AND
FACE CARVING.

| Tattoong must be counted among the
most remarkable customs arising from the
III s,.nct OF personal adornment,
Major General Robloy has devoted
! good-sized volume to the practice as per-
tanning to the New Healnnders. The Maori
| tAttoolrg. known to them MS "Moko," is a
| kind Of face carving The process is ve'y
! painful and the patient IS generally 81 for
some tine, suffering terribly from fever
and swelling in the wourds. but he Is con-
scltd In the midst of hts worst agony by
rejecting upon the probable effect of hts
new adcrnment in terroriang his enemies
and fascinating the fair sex. During his
retirement his relatives and friends come
in large parties 10 see him end chant
verses set aside for such occasions. pra!s-
tng the beauty that will be his when the
moko is comphste.
This custom seems to have lrs.nuated It.
self Into the songs OF the peolc, to Il large
extent. The following verse IS taken from
Sir George Greys collection OF Maori leg
ends The brother OF the celebrated Te
iienhen laments his death IN these words:
Turn yet this once thy bold athletic frame
And let me see thy skin carved Ger wlth
Of blue, ana let me see thy face.
SO beauilfully chseled INTO various form.
ia edition TO the moko on their face.
tle New IeNaIndcfS have their thighs
STAINED entirely black. with the execution
OF Few narrow lines THIS. according Ia
E2p,aln Cook, gave them the appearance
OF wearing striped breechcs.
Thr women are tattoOed only about tho
mcuth ana chin and sometimes across mo
nps winch the Maori standard of baaufy
blue W ""' Pa'Hteu
the Instrument used by tho moko ort,s.
i Is very mgch ,kc small chiscl about a
was driven INTO the flesh bv means ~ +,
ShHfp zap with little mailet 1t often
XXI ,atg Jr,ni. CUTE 9u.ie through the cheek so
I',"l smoke from a pipe would is-u. forft,
tlhN dipped IN pigment was apniied ~ ~, ~,
~ slons and tho VIC rk was tirished atI
nt, To- neal wlthont medical or any other
This Maori tatt1olng gave RS, n ,na 80
ma kan.c traffic IN dried hei e, that H.
hh. Ia, sHch sran lal that II was stonn'i
pN reg ION in 1891. i'H'~'
> Mi3komotai is The name Given bv No,,,
Az ~" nI'rs to drici heads When A MAJ
hi%S nus head is cut OF and iried I. ''ii +.
fr'tnds. in limo as coioo, mem"nIo BY Ris
ing pr.oes for the heads. vnlisI,,, ~
tbo,,, ~ according to the moko mon
il Is said NJ" mae, rre,'rd snch a demand that.
nedli Ion have boon unInr.alon evu,'., e.
10 h "n'ain choice iattooe1 hcads FINALLY
nnn ~, 1'l" a. very 1lnserous thing far |
done moko Only tho trront cbtss we'll
oNInnt from momeninry risk of dostb |
ii',' , , Ti.eh ifey often zen victims to com.
'u.'t"u OF private grudge and cm,i1'tt
w lor Genor'l Robley tolls of !, .c..,',,
,Ni'll who iehri % nnrch,ya ~ u
, - n" 'hlei and . number Of hls nso1 10
s,',..,,,n nonr N" vessel 20 bargain Tho
neet with thN cuntatn's nnrro, ~" n"t
1871 Iduui;ed that the moko u-,s rn.
ttoilT ,EnnoicG, huf, pontinr. 10 his mon he
,p.U thY purchaser to pick out ,nv n.y., .,o
turned. tho head he chose shnu,A h. Re,
~, r"N ~ foi him W uf'ed
iu'to"ng seems TO have been n r,4bo,
nallocs In levitlcus tchtptor MN N.b,]ed
Is y verse which reads: I've -, tt'i,Le
WIKI, ,,,siSe any cuttings on your resb no.
ton probably alluded TO n fashinc, ptoniM-
ior tho dead mourning
Hero mSroions ,reterrei to the custom
nobility. WIZ marx of
Tho origin OF the fashion or ,..,
iowginneS" nSs been attributed to the :o'
me wives OF the soythan orroersa lin \ ,lme
lSAous or the he1utiful Three, '-ill'
/, YES tholr husbands had brought fr,,,, e ~
e.ere go 40, whheh the-r lo0ls AMI masters
signs ~ sun. moon arG SaUsed de-
pricked on the faces OF Ina TIL 10 re
", On nontng TO make them hid on ns W an,
ihjpns ro.n ~ uH llllon, whom the Sew
.erk blue 'raccry, which -, 90 ~ me
&c. OF tho rest OF the skin ~ s, mT GEL
10 r,,on, ,bo' ,lnSy compelled their wives
OF Int years the wealthy vo,,,.- =. ,
Now york have taken up the f,shiin.,,h Q.
~ ~ soG;ths among other flds There IS an
hat cuy Who y. o. THIS descrin;ion in {