Only people of rank or status were allowed to possess and will afford to possess tattoos. An individual without a high-ranking social station, like a slave, couldn’t have a face tattoo. Those that had the means to urge a tattoo but didn’t were seen as people of lower social station....
Hand drawn tattoos in Polynesian style, Samoan, Maori, Marquesas and Hawaiian designs in high resolution, by Dutch tattoo designer Mark Storm
Tattooing is a huge part of Maori culture. Traditionally, tattoos were used to depict a person’s status or rank. Traditional Maori food (known as “Hangi”) is slow-cooked underground, using the geothermal geysers that are common in New Zealand. To access the Maori meeting ground (“Marae...
People of high social status were always tattooed while those with no tattoos were considered worthless.MYTHOLOGYThe Māori’s social life was based on mythology and traditions inherited from their ancestors. Tribal mythology tells of two gods, the Sky Father (Rangi) and the Earth Mother (Papa) ...
t know how to respond to these people in way they’d accept a distinction between science as a way of thought, versus the political misuse of it. Going on about that tends to get tuned-out, as not having heard them in the first place, or nitpick...