Tribal
tattoos are generally influenced by tribal art from native and
indigenous tribes. The tribal tattoo art comes from the older tribes
such as the Celtics (Ireland, Scotland, & Wales), the Maori Tribe
(indigenous people of New Zealand), the North American Tribal, the
African Tribal, the Marquesan (Polynesian inhabitants of the Marquises
Islands) and the tribes of Borneo.
Celtic Tattoo Art
Celtic tattoo art come from Ireland. Celtic knot tattoos are some of
the most popular and most common designs, featuring loops with no end
that symbolize a never ending cycle of dying and rebirth. There are also
Celtic cross and animal tattoo designs as well
Mori Tribal tattoo Art
The Maori, the aborigines of New Zealand, call their tribal tattoo
"Moko" and Mori art is incredible to behold. To the Maori, a person's
Moko designs enhanced their prestige and show transition from one social
status to another. At its highest level, Moko designs proclaimed the
sacredness of chieftainship.
North American Tribal Art
There are many Indian tribes in North America and many different
traditions for tribal tattooing. It was very common for tattoos to
denote rank within the tribe. Take the Illinois Indians for example. It
was quite common for weapons of war to be tattooed upon the men and it
is suggested by some that the women received tattoos of tools used for
labor. The tools of war outranked the tools of labor. This was, to the
best of my knowledge, their tradition. They seemingly kept their
practices to a minimum.
Samoa Tribal tattoo art
The Samoan tribal tattoo was done with a carved boar tusk, sharpened
with a piece of coral, attached to a turtle shell, and then affixed to a
stick. This tool is used to carve the designs into the flesh by tapping
it against the skin and then a mixture of candle nut soot and sugar
water is rubbed into the resulting wound.
Marquesan Tribal tattoo art
Sea-faring Polynesians from Samoa colonized the Marquises Islands as
early as 300 A.D. They were warring tribes who sometimes cannibalized
their enemies. Marquesan art is very uncommon. Most tribal tattoos are
done with one specific object and the size variation is minimal. This is
not so with the Pacific.
African Tribal tattoo art
Tribes in Africa do not use pigment for tattooing, they cut the skin
and either the wound is packed with a substance so that it becomes
raised or it is rubbed with ash or sand until the wound rises up, then
the scar is the tattoo.
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