Social studies moko design

Today in social studie we had the task of finishing our moko homework. As of this we have been learning of the moko and how the maori use it to show their tribe and their mana. I have learnt in social studies that maori would spend hours and hours using a method that was painful experience. This was could tohunga ta moko. The method would concluded of a burnt piece of wood stuck to a stick. As of this the burnt piece of wood the charcoal die would be embedded to the chief or person undertaking this producer. As of these moko that lots of people have,they are all unique and their are none the same. Each of us have learnt the different meaning of the the different place the moko is positioned.

This is my moko. This is a moko on a woman because the moko is on the chin. This position can only be placed on the chin for a woman. The chin shows the mana of a person also meaning pride and respect. In the middle are two koro this show the strength she has with others. The otter koros shows the protection she has with others. To move on to the outside the little koros mean her children and the up bring of them. That wh they point upwards. And finally the lines connect her with all her relation