Pictographs of the North American Indians. A preliminary paper: Fourth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1882-83, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1886, pages 3-256Mallery, Garrick
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Pictographs of the North American Indians. A preliminary paper: Fourth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1882-83, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1886, pages 3-256
Mallery, Garrick
Haida Indians; Picture-writing, Indian; Tattooing
1. _Te kawe_, which are four lines on each side of the chin.
2. _Te pukawae_, six lines on the chin.
3. _Nga rere hupe_, the lines below the nostrils, six in number.
4. _Nga kohiri_, a curved line on the cheek-bone.
5. _Nga koroaha_, lines between the cheek-bone and ear.
6. _Nga wakarakau_, lines below the former.
7. _Nga pongiangia_, the lines on each side of the lower extremity
of the nose.
8. _Nga pae tarewa_, the lines on the cheek-bone.
9. _Nga rerepi_, and _Nga ngatarewa_, lines on the bridge of the nose.
10. _Nga tiwana_, four lines on the forehead.
11. _Nga rewha_, three lines below the eyebrows.
12. _Nga titi_, lines on the center of the forehead.
13. _Ipu rangi_, lines above the former.
14. _Te tonokai_, the general names for the lines on the forehead.
15. _He ngutu pu rua_, both lips tattooed.
16. _Te rape_, the higher part of the thighs.
17. _Te paki paki_, the tattooing on the seat.
18. _Te paki turi_, the lower thigh.
19. _Nga tata_, the adjoining part.
The following are female tattoos:--
1. _Taki taki_, lines from the breast to the navel.
2. _Hope hope_, the lines on the thighs.
3. _Waka te he_, the lines on the chin.
Figure 35 is a copy of a tattooed head carved by Hongi, and also of the
tattooing on a woman’s chin, taken from the work last quoted.
[Illustration: FIG. 35.--New Zealand tattooed head and chin mark.]
Figure 36 is a copy of a photograph obtained in New Zealand by Mr.
Russell. It shows tattooing upon the chin.
[Illustration: FIG. 36.--New Zealand tattooed woman.]
Two beautifully tattooed heads are in the collection of the Army
Medical Museum at Washington, D. C., of which illustrations are
presented in the accompanying Plate, III. No history of these heads
can be obtained. The skin is almost perfect, and has become much
brighter in tint than the original color. The tattooing is a blue
black, and in certain lights becomes almost bright indigo. In many of
the markings there appear slight grooves, which add greatly to the
general ornamentation, breaking the monotony of usually plain surfaces.
Whether any mechanical work was performed upon the heads after death
is not positively known, though from the general appearance of the
work it would be suggested that the sharp creases or grooves was
done subsequent to the death of the individual. The tattooing shows
sub-cutaneous coloring, which indicates that at least part of the
ornamentation was done in life.
[Illustration:
BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT PL. III
NEW ZEALAND TATTOOED HEADS.]
Figure 37 is an illustration from Te Ika a Maui, etc., _op. cit._,
facing page 378. It shows the “grave of an Australian native, with his
name, rank, tribe, etc., cut in hieroglyphics on the trees,” which
“hieroglyphics” are supposed to be connected with his tattoo marks.
[Illustration: FIG. 37.--Australian grave and carved trees.]
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