Te Papa Tongawera (or simply Te Papa) is New Zealand's innovative national museum situated near the foreshore of beautiful Wellington harbour. Te Papa Tongawera means “container of treasures” in Te Reo Maori, which is the indigenous language of Aotearoa (New Zealand). It is a fitting name because at Te Papa you will find 2.4 million treasures that tell the stories and colourful history of New Zealand and its peoples. Because Te Papa also houses the national art collection among its taonga (or treasures) you will find magnificent artwork from the mid-to-late 1800s CE showing the indigenous tattoo art.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original content at https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1393/traditional-maori-tattoo-of-new-zealand/.