Facial tattoos have been a part of Maori culture for centuries, a sacred marker of the wearer's genealogy and heritage. But one woman's striking chin design - or moko - has generated huge debate ...

Andu Schiodt Pikilak has dark dashes on her forehead descending into a deep “V” like geese flying in formation, an Inuit tattoo she sees as a rebirth for both her and Greenlandic culture.

Some New Zealanders with Maori heritage wear tattoos, known as moko, to mark their genealogy and heritage. Men's moko tend to cover their entire face, while women's moko cover their chin.

“When I was six, they told me tattoos ... practice among women in North Africa’s Amazigh groups. Today, like in many of the Indigenous cultures across the world where facial tattoos were ...

While tramp stamps were seemingly brought into the cultural zeitgeist only recently, lower-back tattoos can be traced back to ...

She’s someone who wears Gucci and she wears moko kauae,” Ms Sykes added, referring to a traditional Maori chin tattoo. “She ...

She is not alone. Today more American women than men have tattoos — 38 percent of women vs. 27 percent of men, according to Pew Research Center. Overall, nearly a third of Americans have at ...

Body art is practiced in all world cultures. Here, a survey of designs from Maori facial engravings to prison tattoos to gay pride ink. 9 Rare Photos Of The First Crossing Of Antarctica A new book ...

As a young girl growing up in the Atlas mountains, Hannou Mouloud's family took her to have her chin tattooed with ... body," he said. "Some women even removed the tattoos long after getting ...

As a young girl growing up in the Atlas mountains, Hannou Mouloud's family took her to have her chin tattooed ... they told me tattoos were pretty adornments," recalled the 67-year-old from Imilchil ...