Holding the book "New Zealand Medievalism", with snowy ground in the background

Finally, book 4 in our #Medievalism set is this edited collection by Anna Czarnowus & Janet M. Wilson which gives a #PostcolonialStudies & #MaoriStudies perspective on how the #MiddleAges were re-interpreted in #Aotearoa #NewZealand - incl the #LOTR films

#NewZealandStudies #CulturalStudies

Holding the book "Mau Moko - the world of Maori tattoo" by Ngāhuia Te Awekōtuku next to a yellow rose

A glimpse into the book "Mau Moko - the world of Maori tattoo" by Ngāhuia Te Awekōtuku next to a yellow rose, showing two pages with Maori women with moko

an historical illustration depicting wearers of moko, c 1850, by Joseph Jenner Merrett

"Mau Moko - the world of Maori tattoo" by Ngāhuia Te Awekōtuku et al., the reprint of the 2007 work on #tattoos as a traditional practice among #Maori is gracing our library with its lavish illustrations & explanatory texts - contemporary & historical documents of wearers of #moko

#MaoriStudies