Maori Tattoo Art (Moko)

The Moko is a very sacred art form and has special significance to the Maori people.
We are often asked about its meaning and how to find artists. We are not Moko artists so are not able to help directly, however the links below should give you enough information to find the people and places you are after.

If you know of a site or resource that should be here please let us know.

Submit Links To: links@boneart.co.nz

Please let us know if you find any broken links

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Want a tattoo (Moko) designed just for you?

We very highly recommend our friend Tiki O'Brien over at Maori-Arts www.tikitat.com
Tiki has a range of standard designs and will also custom design for you in both traditional and contemporary styles.
You can then take the full sized drawings to your local tattoo artist for inking.

You can find a gallery of their standard designs at:
http://www.maori-arts.com/securesite/MTD/artgall.htm

Tell Tiki that "The Bone Art Place" sent you and you might just get a special deal.

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State of the art tattoo convention
http://www.tattoo-2001.com/artists.html

A very good book available from Amazon.com
Moko: Maori Tattoos,by Hans Neleman (Photographer)
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/3908161967/artslitephilbest

A traditional NZ tattoo studio.
The site is a little hard to navigate but it may pay to contact them for more info.
http://www.mokoink.com/
mokoink@ihug.co.nz
Ph: +00649 376 0075

General historical info
http://www.tattooartist.com/nztat.html

Tattoo resources
http://tattoo.about.com/

An easy to search free online database of tattoo designs
TattooDesignOnline