Hawaiian sleeve tattoo

We chose some black and gray men's tattoos that stood out in 2019. All of these artworks were made by Brazilian tattoo artists.

Most often etched with precision detail in black ink, Polynesian tattoos are connected with rites of passage or significant transformation.

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This 103-year-old woman named Whang Od Oggay is the oldest traditional tattoo artist in the Philippines. Whang Od lives in Kalinga province located in the mountainous area in the northern Philippines and is the last mambabatok—a traditional Kalinga tattooist. This tattoo artist is a well-known master not only in the Philippines, but in other countries as well—every day, people from all around the world come here to get a tattoo from the legend herself.