The Revival of the Unique Concept of the Maori Tattoo Design | ArticlesBase.com

Maori tattoo design was once a forgotten and extinct type of design because of what it caused the Maori people long ago. Because of its intricate patterns and truly artistic face designs, Europeans decades ago would sell the heads of the deceased to rich businessmen and collectors for a dear price. However, these so called deceased were more to be decapitated as a result of murder or mass killing. That is why for some time the art of Maori face tattoo died down to stop these senseless deaths.