Body Art: Marks of Identity | November 20, 1999 to May 29, 2000
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Maori Marks of High Status
Photo from the collection of Mark and Carolyn Blackburn, Hilo, Hawaii

 

This photograph, from the late 19th - early 20th centuries, shows a man wearing what at that time were considered to be Maori marks of high status -- facial tattoos, feather cloaks and hair ornaments.

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