In my search for more Tribal Tatoos information, on the 22nd of August, I found some really great information showing Tribal Tatoos from North America’s Cherokee Indians.
The page is written by Artist Ken Masters. He mentions that the tribal tatoos were produced by using turtle and fish bone needles and natural dyes. I didn’t know that.
He has two custom designs on his page that he allows to be downloaded for personal use, take a look at the site here
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While I was checking out news on Tribal Tatoos, I found some interesting information, showing the spill over of tribal tatoos into commercial products.
Toyota’s Honduran distributor, has published official photos of the 2008 Toyota Land Cruiser, showing tribal tatoos on the sides of the vehicle.
You can check out the photo showing the tribal tatoos here.
Source: www.autoblog.com
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In the past, getting Maori (Māori) Tribal Tatoos was a ritual process, it included traditional music and required fasting. Before the nineteen hundreds, the Moko specialists, (tohunga-ta-moko), usually male, used a range of chisels, (uhi), made from albatross bone.
A handle was attached to the uhi and struck with a light mallet to produce incisions. The pigments were made from the awheto for the body colour, and burnt timbers (ngarehu) for the blacker face colour.
It was a painful process.
The use of Knives and chisels in the tattooing process, gradually tapered out during the early nineteen hundreds. Needles replaced the uhi as the main tool.
It was a quicker, less painfull method,and there were far less health risks, that were part of the traditional method, due to the incisions.
The feel of the Moko, (Tribal Tatoo) which was slightly ridged, due to the scaring effect of the healed incisions, changed to smooth.
Traditional Maori tattoos were more than decorative, they were a show of strength, courage and status and in more recent history, defiance. Both men and women were tattooed, but women normally had less of their body decorated.
Traditional Maori tattoos consisted of curved shapes and spirals in intricate patterns. Tattooing would usually start at adolescence, and was used to celebrate important events throughout the life of the individual.
Traditional Maori tribe tattooing or ta moko was all but extinct, but Maori tattoos are making a comeback, with the Maori culture revival, which has been gaining momentum.
It is important to not mix up Traditional Maori tribal tatoos with Maori-inspired tattoos.
A Traditional Maori tribe tatoo is sacred and is owned by the individual that wears it and should never be copied without permission.
Modern Maori tattoos are usually found on the body rather than the face, and for non Maori decendents, are purely decorative.
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Ta Moko Tribal Tatoos Description
I found some interesting information about Māori Tribal Tatoos, that I have only partially rewritten, to make it a bit shorter.
Tā Moko
Tā Moko is the ancient Māori system of skin adornment, that confirms the bearer to their tribal origins, to their genealogical ties that stretch back to the beginning of their ancestors decision to begin Tribal tatoos.
The moko reveals the bearers place within the tribe, birthright, status, rank; a rise to prominence or a fall from grace, marriage, lineage and much more.
Though much of the fundamental knowledge of the ancient Māori system of skin adornment is no longer with us, the passion has survived. It survived amongst those last kuia (female, elder), who became the ensigns of tribal pride.
Source: www.oceaniagroup.ac.nz/descriptions.asp
Presently, we are witnesses to a great renaissance of this art.
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Todays Tribal Tatoos are influenced by tribal art from native and indigenous tribes. These tribes include the Maori, (Māori) in New Zealand, the North American Indians, the African Tribes, the Marquesan (indigenous inhabitants of the Polynesian Marquises Islands) and the tribes of Borneo.
Tatoos from the Celtic tribes, the Gaelic Clanns in Ireland, Scotland, & Wales, are also considered Tribal Tatoos, but are now commonly classed as Celtic Tatoos.
Most Tribal tatoos worn in the USA and Europe are a mix of various tribal art, but some indigenous people still wear authentic Tribal tatoos, most notably, the Maori (Māori) in New Zealand.
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