Kalinga tribal tattoo artist Whang-Od These ... Whang-Od - the practice survived because of the area's remoteness and warrior tribes who successfully defended their ancestral homelands from ...

For over nine decades, 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 ...

Legendary tattoo master Whang-Od was transported from her tribal village of Buscalan to ... past eight decades inking not only headhunting warriors and women of her tribe but a new wave of ...

Forget tribal tattoos — Gen Z is ushering in a futuristic, new favorite in body art. The generation’s ink of choice is cybersigilism, a type of sharp, spiky line work that looks both gothic ...

Warriors who returned to their village with a head celebrated by getting painful tattoos – and their family would often follow suit Reading Time: 3 minutes Why you can trust SCMP ...

"If you want a tribal tattoo, you go to him. "He made that connection and I ... "He (Ngata) got like a West African motif art as well as Native American pottery textile art and warrior art. "The ...

Everyone knows tribal tattoos are uncool, permanent reminders of 1990s bad taste. Right? Image Julian Bast, at left, has brought tribal tattoos to a younger generation, like Nathan Collier ...

Excitement and fervour at a colourful tattoo show in the Philippines turned into outrage after a celebrated tribal artist's appearance was criticised for being "blatantly exploitive". But is it ...