Te Rawhitiroa Bosch, right, canceled his trip to the U.S. due to concerns that his moko mataora (Maori face tattoos for men) ...

Even so, Maori tattoos adorn bodies of numerous foreign celebrities. Pop star Williams stirred up a controversy in 2000 when a Maori artist tattooed the singer's arm in New Zealand.

Taurua was following a long line of ancestors in receiving the tattoos, or moko as they are known to New Zealand's indigenous Maori. The art gradually died in the 19th and early 20th centuries as ...

Taurua was following a long line of ancestors in receiving the tattoos, or moko as they are known to New Zealand's indigenous Maori. The art gradually died in the 19th and early 20th centuries as ...

A Maori woman with traditional facial tattoos, known as moko, poses in Waikato, New Zealand, on Feb. 14, 2000. PHOTO: AFP. The art gradually died in the 19th and early 20th centuries as Maori culture ...

Maori people consider tattoo art as sacred, and it is taken as an important marker of the wearer's identity. The move follows local media reports that the filters were proliferating on social media.

Tattoos are one of the oldest art forms, tracing back to 3400 BCE, found on the mummified remains of Otztai, an Ice-age man. Many, like the Maori and Samoan cultures, embrace tattoos as a part of ...

3am; Celebrity News; Rihanna; Rihanna gets traditional Maori tattoo inked with a chisel and mallet (video) Rihanna looks like she's about to either faint or vomit (and the same could be said of us) ...

LOS ANGELES, July 12 (UPI) --Guy Pearce said his new movie The Convert, in theaters and video-on-demand Friday, made a permanent impact on him as he got Maori tattoos from the film's Maori tattoo ...