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Moko Smith was robbed of two dozen handcrafted tā moko tools. “They were meant to go back to his wife, and before I got to give them back, they were taken.” “I treat them like they are my babies,” he said.
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Tā moko tools are considered to be tapu (sacred) as they are made with “ancestral knowledge”. “For them to have someone else’s hands all over them, possibly damaging them, desecrating them, I can’t think of anything worse.” Smith is now remaking his tools, which will begin with sourcing the right wood and bones.
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