EGYPT - Egyptian people used a wooden handled instrument to do many tribal tattoos but, later on they used a bronze handled needle.



POLYNESIAN - Polynesian tattoos are seen as a wealth and social status. Their technique is very different though. They use a rake like set of needles; in a line and the tip of a wooden handled tool and then they use another stick to tap the rake like tool into the skin.



THAI - The Thai people believe that tattoos are for luck. Certain shades and shapes being luck to different parts of your body. They used something like a needle with a quill to perform the tattoo. The tip of the bamboo tool is split in two at the pointed tip to release the ink.