Maori Tattoo Designs

When you think of getting Maori tattoo designs, it helps to have a thorough understanding about Maoris and their traditions as well as their customs, this way you will have a better understanding and chance of success at choosing the right Maori tattoo designs for you.

Back in the day " a few thousand years ago and even upto a hundred years back" Maori tattoos were traditionally ingrained or carved deep into the skin using a variety of tools but one of the most common tools that were used for Maori tattoo designs were the bones from the albatross and certain fish species.

If you're interested in getting Maori tattoo designs, then perhaps you might want to consider Celtic Irish tattoos, Mexican Gang Tattoos and Tribal Art Designs these all go well with Maori tattoo designs and will help you in making the right decision.

For a basic or simple Maori tattoo it could have taken not hours or days but perhaps months to complete these detailed Maori tattoo designs and ofcourse with months of tattooing come's months of pain and with a lot of pane you get the mighty Maori which is how we have come to know Maoris, this has made Maori tattoo designs all the more popular.

For the most detailed designs and more crafty Maori tattoo designs, you would have traditionally only found them on men with high ranking within the Maori community, as we in the west wore crowns to show stature...

These Maoris wore - Maori tattoo designs- showing their rank and you would have to follow their every word, as there have always been different traditions for men and women even upto recent years so it was for the Maori women of their day.

Typically Maori women were only permitted to have Maori tattoo designs on their lips, chins or nostrils as opposed to the more flamboyant maori tattoo designs that men were allowed to have. So there is more to Maori tattoo designs than merely meets the eye when deciding on getting a Maori tattoo.

There are so many different meanings to Maori tattoo designs that it would literally take a dictionary size book to write them all down, and each Maori tattoo can mean something to each Maori tattooist.

So the whole process of choosing a Maori tattoo is not that simple, though with the internet and this site you will be able to choose a Maori tattoo design with a lot less stress and pain that these Maoris had to go through to get a Maori tattoo design.

Traditional Maori tattoo designs were done on the face, this is one reason the British and Maoris clashed like they did for so long in new Zealand, the British and Dutch saw the Maori as being primitive for having such tattoos and the Maori considered the British to be invading their land and saw them as being weak for not having these Maori tattoo designs on their faces.

This did lead to an almost extinct Maori tradition and tribe but luckily the Maori people have survived and so does their Maori tattoo designs more so than ever before and now as you know Maori tattoo designs are no longer bound by borders or regions but many people have been introduced to this unique Maori culture due to their art and the expression of Maori tattoo designs.

Due to the Maori tattooing on the face and the west's stigma of having tattoos (until recently) the west have moved from tattooing on the face to having Maori tattoo designs now on their bodies, the size of these Maori tattoo designs vary for obvious reason but they are generally done on the shoulders, calf muscles, shoulder blades, ankles and also around the wrist.

Like most people wanting to get a tattoo or Maori tattoo the thought of getting a unique tattoo is high on the list especially with Maori tattoo's. no one wants the same tattoo that jack has up the road, or when you are running on the beach only to see five people pass you by having the same tattoo (highly unlikely and unlucky)....

.....but just think for a moment "how you would feel if you did see someone running down the road from you, who had the same Maori tattoo design as you?"

Maori Tattoo Designs " Hidden Maori Meanings.....