Tattoos

Tattoos

hawaiian tattoo designs

The islands of Hawaii have a long history of tattooing that extend back more than 2,000 years. Used to indicate status and as a rite of passage, early tattoos were created with thousands of individual pricks from a bird beak or bone. Black, geometric designs were based on ancient symbolism and applied in bands that covered an entire torso.Today, Hawaiian-style tattoos can symbolize the