Toi moko, or mokomokai, are the preserved heads of Māori, the indigenous people of New Zealand, where the faces have been decorated by tā moko tattooing...

Māori culture and collected Māori items including almost three dozen Mokomokai, or heads of deceased Māori men. Robley was born at Funchal, Madeira,...

some of their ancestors as well as certain enemies in a form known as mokomokai. They removed the brain and eyes, and smoked the head, preserving the...

travel to perform their art. The Pākehā practice of collecting and trading mokomokai (tattooed heads) changed the dynamic of tā moko in the early colonial...

mummified heads as trophies from tribal warfare. They are also known as Mokomokai. In the 19th century, many of the trophies were acquired by Europeans...

was after death to preserve the skin-covered skull known as Toi moko or mokomokai. In the period of early contact between Māori and Europeans these heads...

return the mokomokai to New Zealand, a change in French law in 2010 allowed for discussions which resulted in repatriation. The mokomokai were formally...

Marbles, the Benin Bronzes, the Gweagal shield, Tipu's Tiger and the Mokomokai. The series premiered 1 November 2022, on ABC, and 6 January 2023, on...

with shrunken heads now employed as Betelgeuse's personal call centre. Mokomokai, preserved Māori heads also used as trade goods "National Geographic:...

many of her lyrics. Later, Prime became a campaigner for the return of mokomokai (preserved, tattooed human heads) from overseas museums. Prime was an...

century in the Balkans.[citation needed] Human trophy taking in Mesoamerica Mokomokai: the much-traded and much-collected preserved tattooed heads of New Zealand...

absolute requirement for trade goods – mostly New Zealand flax, though mokomokai (tattooed heads) were also saleable – led many Māori to move to unhealthy...

small pedestals. Made of plaster and paper mache, the heads referenced mokomokai, tattooed shrunken heads made by New Zealand's indigenous Māori, but the...

debate where he delivered a winning speech calling for the return of seven mokomōkai (preserved Māori heads adorned with customary Māori tattoos known as moko)...

is tapu (sacred) in Māori culture. In Skully Pops (2004) Youle depicts mokomokai (ancient preserved heads), as inviting, bright coloured lollies that at...

Lampshades made from human skin List of ways people dishonor the dead Mokomokai Murder for body parts Nose tomb Plastination Salish Sea human foot discoveries...

Robley with his mokomokai...

work includes Māori iconography and culture, such as shrunken heads, mokomokai, and native birds such as tūī, and European symbols and items. His paintings...