Tribal

Tribal tattoos stem from a specific indigenous background, civilization or ethnicity. Contemporary tribal tattoos are stylized designs, typically done in black ink. Tribal designs can be from cultures such as Native American Indian, African, Egyptian, Mayan, Aztec, Hawaiian, Samoan, Maori, Polynesian, South Pacific tribes, Micronesian, Melanesian, New Zealand, Eskimo and Inuit, Wiccan, Pagan, Tahitian, and much more. To give other Tattoo.com members insight as to why you got your specific tattoo, you can add a caption to your tattoo photo to describe what your tribal tattoo means to you. (Photo credit: Tribal tattoo design by Kareem Masarani, Newport Tattoo, Newport Beach, CA.)