The Headhunters

Stuff The British Stole by Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Dec 12, 20200:28:46Society & Culture

The arrival of Europeans in NZ kicked off a trade in Mokomokai — tattooed heads but these colonial souvenirs have their own complex history.

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