Pre-European Maori Tattoing New Zealand Vintage Ad Card

Description

Pre-European Maori Tattoing New Zealand Vintage Ad Card
NOTE:
THESE ARE NOT POSTCARDS
THEY ARE TRADE/ADVERTISING CARDS.
THEY ARE MUCH SMALLER THAN A STANDARD POSTCARD
AND
THERE IS ADVERTISING TEXT ON THE BACK!
THE CARD DIMENSIONS ARE APPROXIMATELY
3 '' x 2 1/4 ''  or  7.7 cm. x 5.4 cm.
THIS IS AN ORIGINAL VINTAGE TRADE - ADVERTISING CARD
MAORI TATTOOING
Most pre-European Maori men and women were decorated
with tattooing. Elaborate spiral designs similar to those used
in wood-carving were the most frequent. A man would be
tattooed all over his face and legs. Tattooing was a slow and
painful process. The skin was punctured with a sharp bone
chisel & pigment soot from burnt kauri gum! ~- was rubbed in.
THE CARD DIMENTIONS ARE APPROXIMATELY
3 '' x 2 1/4 ''  or  7.7 cm. x 5.4 cm.
NOTE:
THE IMAGE ABOVE IS LARGER THAN THE CARD
TO SHOW THE DETAIL.
THIS CARD IS NOT A MODERN REPRODUCTION - IT IS AN ORIGINAL
THERE MAY BE:
PAPER LOSS - SMUDGING - BENT and/or ROUNDED CORNERS
SEE IMAGES ABOVE!
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WE COMBINE SHIPPING
BUY 1 TO 4 TRADE ADVERTISING CARDS AND THE TOTAL TO SHIP IS
BUY 5 TRADE ADVERTISING CARDS AND SHIPPING IS FREE
NOTE:
ON LARGER INTERNATIONAL ORDERS WE MAY REQUIRE REGISTERD
MAIL AND WILL SPLIT THE COST WITH THE BUYER.
INQUIRE IF CONCERNED!