{
 "schema": 1,
 "id": "uhi",
 "type": "tool",
 "names": {
  "name": "Uhi",
  "local": "uhi",
  "local_lang": "Māori",
  "said": "An albatross-bone chisel, struck"
 },
 "region": [
  "oceania"
 ],
 "facets": {
  "family": "cut"
 },
 "instrument": {
  "material": [
   "albatross bone",
   "bone"
  ],
  "points": "a straight or toothed cutting edge",
  "worked": "struck",
  "hands": 2,
  "held_by": "the tohunga-tā-moko holds the uhi and the mallet"
 },
 "text": {
  "what": "A chisel of albatross bone hafted to a handle and struck with a mallet, cutting a groove that the pigment fills.",
  "story": "Pigment lived in carved vessels called *oko*, buried between uses and passed down the generations. A feeding funnel, the *kōrere*, was used while a face was healing.\n\nSteel needles replaced the *uhi* in the late nineteenth century: faster, safer, and smooth. In 2007 it was reported back in use by some practitioners."
 },
 "text_th": {
  "what": "สิ่วกระดูกนกอัลบาทรอสติดด้าม ตอกด้วยค้อน กรีดเป็นร่องให้สีลงไปอยู่"
 },
 "kin": [
  {
   "to": "ta-moko",
   "as": "What it makes.",
   "rel": "tradition"
  },
  {
   "to": "cut",
   "as": "The method.",
   "rel": "method"
  }
 ],
 "sources": [
  "s:wp-t-moko"
 ],
 "provenance": {
  "default": {
   "tier": "cited",
   "source": "s:wp-t-moko"
  },
  "fields": {
   "text_th": {
    "tier": "inference",
    "note": "written in Thai by this project, not machine-translated"
   }
  }
 },
 "confidence": "high",
 "updated": "2026-09-19",
 "images": [
  {
   "file": "uhi/uhi-tohunga-ta-moko-at-work-gottfried-lindauer.jpg",
   "source": "commons",
   "title": "File:Tohunga-ta-moko at Work – Gottfried Lindauer.jpg",
   "url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1c/Tohunga-ta-moko_at_Work_%E2%80%93_Gottfried_Lindauer.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=original",
   "page_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ATohunga-ta-moko_at_Work_%E2%80%93_Gottfried_Lindauer.jpg",
   "license": "Public domain",
   "license_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain",
   "author": "Gottfried Lindauer",
   "credit": "https://www.aucklandartgallery.com/explore-art-and-ideas/artwork/323/the-tohunga-ta-moko-at-work",
   "alt": "The Tohunga-ta-moko at Work. Painting by Gottfried Lindauer of Māori tattoo (moko) being carved into a man’s face by a skilled tattooist (tohunga-tā-moko).",
   "date": "Unknown date",
   "primary": true,
   "sha256": "f677deb89a4db4b11dd9585f5ee54024649249bda10347be26ce65b58ae368a1"
  }
 ],
 "kin_in": [
  {
   "from": "ta-moko",
   "type": "tradition",
   "name": "Tā moko",
   "as": "The chisel."
  },
  {
   "from": "cut",
   "type": "method",
   "name": "Cut",
   "as": "The chisel."
  }
 ]
}