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What is a moko?

What is a moko? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A tattoo (image made in the skin) in Maori culture, traditionally done with chisels.
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Their identity card? The moko, the traditional tattoo.
A major proportion of Maori live in urban areas, but our people are increasingly looking to their roots through a range of mediums such as sports or ta moko.
In moko, a type of Maori tattooing from New Zealand, shallow coloured grooves in complex curvilinear designs were produced on the face by striking a miniature bone adze into the skin.
No, of course they won't be copied from traditional moko, they will reflect my own ancestry, the signs and symbols of a Scottish clan.
It kept pace with her to the place where moko, the Picture-maker, lived.
The painting moko was now doing was the most wonderful of all that Songbird had ever seen.

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