Russell first clarified that the use of "tā moko'' doesn't just refer to facial tattoos, but actually encompases any act when one Māori person makes permanent markings on another Māori person "which reference their whakapapa", or line of ancestry.
Russell first clarified that the use of "tā moko'' doesn't just refer to facial tattoos, but actually encompases any act when one Māori person makes permanent markings on another Māori person "which reference their whakapapa", or line of ancestry.