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Nelson Historical Society Journal, Volume 3, Issue 2, August 1976
The above, from Tasman, shows the interesting and unexpected fashion in which the hair was tied back in a queue or pig-tail: this is confirmed in the text as being "after the manner of the Japanese" … also the way the cloak is fastened across the chest There is no suggestion in drawing or text of tattooing, which, if present, would almost certainly have been noted on this occasion, the first ever contact between the European and Maori worlds
The above, from Tasman, shows the interesting and unexpected fashion in which the hair was tied back in a queue or pig-tail: this is confirmed in the text as being "after the manner of the Japanese" … also the way the cloak is fastened across the chest There is no suggestion in drawing or text of tattooing, which, if present, would almost certainly have been noted on this occasion, the first ever contact between the European and Maori worlds.