The practice known as hand-tapping had almost faded out completely, as modernity overwhelmed Indonesia’s tribes and younger generations eschewed their ancestors’ ways, but tattoo artists have ...

INCREDIBLE photos of the last members of a tattooed tribe give an insight into their daily lives on the isolated island they call home. The Mentawai tribe in Indonesia live a basic and ...

she’s been hand-tapping tattoos inspired by agriculture and the local landscape. She has inked tribal warriors with elaborate geometric patterns and women of the Butbut tribe with symbols of ...

"But a tattoo is with you until you're cremated and in your grave. That's the appeal." Horiren belongs to a proud, growing tribe of Japanese ... work stops short of hands and neck, allowing ...