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Robley: Te Ropere, 1840—1930
Moko pattern (detail) — ink sketch — Hocken Library MSI 488 — Robley was keenly aware of the wide diversity of patterns within the carved, pigmented areas of moko. Many artists before him had failed to understand the importance of the lines left by the uhi of the tohunga ta moko
Moko pattern (detail)
ink sketch
Hocken Library MSI 488
Robley was keenly aware of the wide diversity of patterns within the carved, pigmented areas of moko. Many artists before him had failed to understand the importance of the lines left by the uhi of the tohunga ta moko.