{"id":53,"date":"2012-06-18T17:21:38","date_gmt":"2012-06-18T15:21:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rattatattoo.com\/?p=53"},"modified":"2012-06-18T17:21:38","modified_gmt":"2012-06-18T15:21:38","slug":"top-10-tribal-tattoos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rattatattoo.com\/top-10-tribal-tattoos\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 Tribal Tattoos"},"content":{"rendered":"
Tribal tattoos refer to the tattoos of tribal, warrior races and modern derivative designs that are influenced by ancient art.\u00a0<\/strong>The modern word “tattoo” has its origins in the tribal Samoan word “tatau”. The first written reference to tribal tattoos is in the journal of Joseph Banks, an 18th century<\/strong>\u00a0biologist and naturalist who travelled with Captain Cook aboard the HMS Observer. Banks wrote, “I shall now mention the way they mark themselves indelibly” and described how Pacific Islanders marked their skins with inks.. The tribal tattoos described by Joseph Banks had by then been a tradition of the Samoan people for centuries.<\/strong><\/p>\n Tribal tattoos have existed for centuries, as indelible markings inked into the skin. On every continent, evidence has been found that reveals that tattoos were a part of almost every ancient culture. Tribal peoples all over the world created tattoo cultures independently of each other, which means that each continent has its own unique style of body art.\u00a0Sometimes these ancient body markings used inks and powders to give the tattoos color, but often the tattoos were a form of decorative scarification.<\/p>\nThe History of Tribal Tattoos<\/h1>\n