U-M student Adrien Comolet, just before he got a tattoo ... contemporary tribal tattoo movement. The style has its roots in the traditional tattooing of island nations like Micronesia and Borneo ...

The modern, abstract tribal tattoos are just thick, dark lines with sabertooth-like curves. But the Micronesian, Polynesian and Hawaiian tribal tattoos convey meaning through smaller symbols that ...

The Filipino art of tattooing, or batok, may not be as well known as the Polynesian or Maori tribal tattoo traditions ... and further on to parts of Micronesia, Polynesia and South-East Asia ...