The Tribal Tattoo Art
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The Tribal Tattoo Art

By: Zoe

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 Tribal tattoo 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 tribal 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 tribal tattooing 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 Tribal tattoo 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.

Borneo Tribal tattoo Art
Borneo is the third largest island in the world. The Dayak people reside here for centuries, they believe that spirits are in everything around them. For this reason they believe that by tattooing an object or creature on them they
can draw energy from these spirits.

While the tribal tattoo was originally used to identify members of specific tribes, represent battles fought, and to serve as the symbolization of social status, today tribal tattoo art is a popular fashion. a lot of people today choose various tribal tattoo designs simply for aesthetic reasons. Some of the most popular designs with tribal tattoos include dragon, butterfly and suntribal tattoos. Tribal tattoo can be put virtually anywhere on the body,
The back and arms are usually the most common areas where people have them applied, but the ankle, calf, and chest are also used.

The Tribal tattoo art expresses personal freedom and uniqueness of the wearer. Tribal tattoo art has a simple appeal that reinforces a positive feeling about ourselves and connects us to ancient mystery of the tribal rituals,
which faded away with history.

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