Hawaiian Rune Tattoos

Like many other <a href="http://tribaltattoogallery.blogspot.com/2010/03/polynesian-tribal-tattoos.html" style="font-style: italic;">Polynesian</a>-descended cultures, the native Hawaiians practiced tattooing. The most heavily tattooed members of the tribe would be the royal family, followed by other court officials and persons who were in the royal family by marriage.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://hubpages.com/slide/Hawaiian-Tattoos/726515"><img alt="The tattoo stencil applied to the skin..." src="http://s3.hubimg.com/u/726514_f496.jpg" style="width: 326px; height: 245px;" title="The tattoo stencil applied to the skin..." /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Hawaiian Tattoos</span><br /></div><br />The designs were monochromatic, tattooed in black against brown skin. The patterns and layout were strongly geometric and there were many shapes and symbols which represented the natural island world: stones, waves, fish, sharks, turtles, rain, sun, birds.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://hubpages.com/slide/Hawaiian-Tattoos/720814"><img alt="...and the finished product about a half an hour later!" src="http://s4.hubimg.com/u/726515_f496.jpg" style="width: 305px; height: 229px;" title="...and the finished product about a half an hour later!" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;">Hawaiian Rune Tattoos<br /></div><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Tattoos</span> were traditionally created by using a tool much like a sharpened rake to prick the designs. The tattoo tool would be hit by another stick to make the punctures. Assistants helped by stretching the skin for the tattoo artist and by wiping away the blood.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><a href="http://hubpages.com/slide/Hawaiian-Tattoos/724849"><img alt="Here's my left wrist a few days later." src="http://s3.hubimg.com/u/720814_f496.jpg" style="width: 346px; height: 259px;" title="Here's my left wrist a few days later." /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Hawaiian Rune Tattoo</span><br /></div>

Hawaiian Rune Tattoos

Like many other Polynesian -descended cultures, the native Hawaiians practiced tattooing. The most heavily tattooed members of the tribe wou...

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