Do you know that Tribal tattoos were a popular part of many African and Native American tribes? They remained popular for centuries and even today men and women love to get tribally tattooed on their bodies.

The reason why people prefer to ink their body with tribal designs is simple – you can design any symbol, sign, animal, or bird in tribe form. It is hard to choose the best tribal tattoo designs because this form of tattoo art has infinity designs.

Here we give you 250+ cool ideas for tribal symbol tattoos with meanings.

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Tribal totem pole tattoo design

2. Matching tribal designs is hard to ink as they have very complicated designs.

Tribal tattoo on arm half sleeve

3. Probably the best tribal tattoo for men would be a sleeve tattoo design. Here is a guy with a tribal sleeve inked on his forearm.

Draw a tribal cross design

4. Tribal designs are mostly made from black ink but you can use other colors (preferably red) to outline your tribal cross tattoo.

Dragon tribal design for the body

5. Probably the most popular tribal animal tattoo is of the dragon. This is because they have sharp wings and body structures making them look unique and beautiful.

Tribal tattoo design on the back

6. When you look for cool back tattoos for guys you will find many awesome designs of tribal back tattoos. I would highly recommend a tribal upper back tattoo like this.

Simple tribal designs to draw

7. The beauty of these tattoos lies in the fact that you can have any kind of design in tribal style and it will never look ugly.

Half sleeve cover-up tattoos for men

8. This anchor tribal tattoo will suit mostly sailors and navy men. You can find out a lot more about anchor tattoo designs.

Skull tribal design on the upper arm

9. Tribal tattoo does not hurt much. However, they require extra attention for the tattoo artists.

Dagger with Flower tribal design for women’s legs

10. If you want a tattoo on your foot then I would recommend trying a tribal design. You can read and learn about Maori culture and how it popularized Maori tattoos. Check out this Wikipedia page on Maori Culture.

pictures of tattoos on arms

Geometrical tribal tattoo on the back