Tribal Tattoo Designs Worldwide, a History of Tattoos From

TRIBAL TATTOO HISTORY
Tattoos have passed through the mists of time... tattoos are seen in all corners of the world... tattoos that have deep cultural or religious meaning. Check out this collection of tattoo design pictures for a look at some amazing, early examples of 'real' tribal tattoo work -- images from around the globe and tribal designs drawn down through history.

TRIBAL TATTOO DESIGN HISTORY - A TIMELINE...

2000BC
Egypt
High Priestess

50BC
Central Asia
Scythian Chief
 

400AD
Great Britain
Pict couple

1800AD
Egypt
Coptic tattoos

1800AD
Burma
Tattoo designs

1800AD
New Zealand
Maori tattoos
 

1815AD
Hawaii
Royal tattoos

1850AD
Egypt
Female tattoos

1850AD
Laos-Burma
Trouser tattoos

1880AD
North Africa
Moroccan woman

1880AD
Philippines
Mindanao designs

1885AD
Queen Charlottes
Haida tattoos

Pictures & text are from the book "Tribal Tattoo Designs" by Maarten Hesselt van Dinter, Pepin Press.

Maarten has a collection of 2000 drawings, pictures and more than 1000 books and articles on cultural anthropology and tattooing. So far he has found more than 110 cultures that one time or another practiced tattooing.  Pictures and text used with kind permission. 

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