Te Kuia Moko is a taonga recording 34 Māori women, all bearing moko
kauae (chin tattoos). First published in 1980 as The Blue Privilege,
this new printing evidences the book's ongoing importance as a record of
moko art. Biographies of the women are printed substantially as they
spoke them, supplemented by essays by Merimeri Penfold and D.R. Simmons.
The records are accompanied by black-and-white sketches of the kuia's
moko -- complementing the beautiful, full colour paintings.