{
 "schema": 1,
 "id": "awheto-ngarehu",
 "type": "ink",
 "names": {
  "name": "Awheto and ngarehu",
  "local": "awheto",
  "local_lang": "Māori",
  "said": "Caterpillar fungus for the body, burnt timber for the face"
 },
 "region": [
  "oceania"
 ],
 "facets": {
  "colour": "black"
 },
 "text": {
  "what": "Two pigments for two jobs: *awheto*, a caterpillar fungus, for the body; *ngarehu*, burnt timber, for the darker face colour.",
  "story": "Soot from burnt kauri gum, mixed with fat, was used as well. The pigment was kept in carved *oko* vessels, buried between uses and handed on."
 },
 "kin": [
  {
   "to": "ta-moko",
   "as": "Where it goes.",
   "rel": "tradition"
  }
 ],
 "sources": [
  "s:wp-t-moko"
 ],
 "provenance": {
  "default": {
   "tier": "cited",
   "source": "s:wp-t-moko"
  }
 },
 "confidence": "high",
 "updated": "2026-09-19",
 "kin_in": []
}