Headdress tattoo ideas

199 photos and flash · 35% Realism, 18% Neo-trad · Upper arm most common

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Traditional style arm sleeve with a tiger head, an all-seeing eye, a skull, a snake and a rose on a forearm and upper arm, in black outline with red, green and blue colour.
Traditional sleeve with tiger, eye and snake
Black and grey realism tattoo of an ornate carnival mask with feathers across the upper arm and shoulder.
Ornate carnival mask with feathers on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo on an upper arm showing a wolf head wearing feathers above a woman with face paint and a beaded necklace.
Wolf and woman portrait on an upper arm sleeve
Colour realism tattoo of a horned, dark-headdressed woman with green eyes and red lips on the thigh, set against a pink smoky background.
Horned character portrait on thigh
Coloured drawing of a woman in profile wearing a grey wolf head as a headdress, with red and yellow feathers and a long braid, in a neo-traditional style.
Wolf headdress and woman in profile design
Black and grey realism tattoo of an elephant head with ornate mandala detailing across the back of a hand.
Elephant head mandala on the back of a hand
Painterly colour tattoo of a feathered headdress with dripping black ink, placed on the upper arm.
Feathered headdress on upper arm
Black and grey tattoo of an elephant wearing a feathered headdress with flowers by its trunk, on the outer thigh of a person in shorts.
Elephant in feathered headdress on a thigh
Pencil flash sheet of an Egyptian cat head, jackal head, winged scarab and woman in a collar, set against a hieroglyph background.
Egyptian flash sheet with cat, jackal and scarab
Colour tattoo of a cartoon cat character wearing a feathered headdress and a fringed orange outfit, on the inner forearm.
Cartoon cat in feather headdress on a forearm
Realistic coloured tattoo of an Egyptian queen in a striped headdress with an ankh and pyramids, with an Eye of Horus below, on the inner forearm, shown beside its pencil sketch.
Egyptian queen and Eye of Horus forearm
Solid black tribal-style design of a bird-headed warrior with a feathered headdress, holding a chain, shown on a white background with no body placement visible.
Tribal bird-headed warrior design
Black and grey traditional tattoo covering a man's chest and stomach, with a woman in a headdress, roses, a skull in a heart and an anchor.
Traditional chest and torso piece with woman and anchor
Colour realism tattoo of the Nefertiti bust in profile, wearing a blue crown and a jewelled collar, on the inside of a forearm.
Nefertiti bust tattoo on a forearm
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a lion wearing a feathered headdress with red berries, placed on an upper arm, with a close-up and a pen sketch of the design beside it.
Lion with feathered headdress on an upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a stepped pyramid, a feathered serpent and a skull on the forearm, running down towards the wrist.
Stepped pyramid, serpent and skull on forearm
Pencil sketch design of a woman in a feathered headdress with a large peony flower and a skull, drawn as a tattoo design.
Feathered headdress woman with peony sketch
Black and grey realism tattoo of a kneeling winged Egyptian figure holding an ankh, on the inner upper arm.
Winged Egyptian figure with ankh on upper arm
Greyscale pencil drawing of a skull wearing a feathered headdress, shown in profile on a white background, suitable as a tattoo design.
Skull in feathered headdress drawing
Black and grey drawing of a woman with long wavy hair wearing a tiger head as a headdress, in neo-traditional style, shown with coloured pencils.
Woman with tiger headdress drawing
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pharaoh with a bird perched on his headdress, covering the upper arm.
Pharaoh portrait on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a feathered archer drawing a bow, placed on the upper back.
Feathered archer with bow on upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo on an upper arm of a snarling bear's head above a woman's face with dark painted stripes.
Bear headdress portrait on upper arm
Black and gold flash design of a skull in a pharaoh headdress holding crossed bones, with scythes and an eye inside a triangle, shown without a placement on the body.
Skull pharaoh with scythes and crossed bones
Neo-traditional tattoo of a woman in a feather headdress with an owl above her head, shown on the forearm in red, orange and black.
Owl and feather headdress portrait on forearm
Black outline tattoo of a skull wearing a feathered headdress on the inner forearm, shown in a black and white photograph.
Skull in feathered headdress on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo on a thigh showing a woman's face under a wolf's head, with one hand resting beneath her chin.
Woman and wolf portrait on a thigh
Black and grey tattoo of a front-facing elephant head with a feathered headdress, beaded forehead jewellery and a curled trunk, on a forearm.
Ornate elephant head on a forearm
Traditional style tattoo on a forearm showing a seated figure in a feathered headdress holding a rose shield, with a red sun disc and small flowers.
Headdress figure with rose shield on forearm
Traditional style tattoo of a woman with a red feather headdress, blue beads and a cross, on the upper arm.
Woman with feather headdress on upper arm
Black linework lion head wearing a feathered headdress tattooed on the ankle, beside a photo of a seated person in a floral dress with a small tattoo on the ankle.
Lion in feathered headdress on ankle
Black and grey tattoo of a face with a feathered headdress on the upper arm of a woman with long hair, seen from behind on a city street.
Face tattoo on upper arm
Traditional-style colour tattoo of a woman in profile wearing a feathered headdress and a skull, shown in two close-up photographs on a limb.
Woman in feather headdress with skull
Black and grey realism tattoo of a lion wearing a feathered headdress, placed on the inner forearm with a few red accents.
Lion in feathered headdress on forearm
Bold tattoo of an ornately decorated grey elephant with coloured headdress patterns on the thigh, shown beside a close-up detail panel.
Ornate elephant with patterned headdress
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a blue elephant-headed figure with a silver ornate headdress and red ear ornaments, on the upper arm and shoulder.
Blue elephant-headed deity on upper arm
Realistic tattoo of a seated figure within a circular carved stone frame covered in glyphs, on the upper arm near the shoulder.
Seated figure in carved stone relief on upper arm
Neo-traditional tattoo of a woman wearing a feather headdress and pearls inside a red crescent moon, placed on the outer thigh.
Woman portrait with feather headdress on thigh
Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman's face framed by a lion's head on the upper arm.
Woman's face with lion headdress on upper arm
Blue ink sketch of a woman wearing a wolf headdress with braids and a beaded necklace, drawn as a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Wolf headdress woman design sketch
Colour traditional tattoo of a woman in profile wearing a red rose and gold coin headdress, on a limb.
Profile portrait with red rose headdress
Black and grey realism tattoo on an upper arm showing a chief in a feathered headdress above a wolf's head, with a howling wolf silhouetted against a moon.
Chief portrait and wolf on upper arm
Realistic black and grey and red-toned tattoo of a woman in a feathered headdress across the upper arm and shoulder, in a Realism style.
Realistic woman portrait with feather headdress
Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman in a feathered headdress with a circular medallion, across the upper arm.
Woman in feathered headdress on upper arm
Watercolour-style tattoo of a woman in a feathered headdress with a pink flower and skull across the upper back and shoulder.
Watercolour woman in feather headdress on back
Realistic black and grey tattoo of a carved Mesoamerican-style stone relief, with a seated figure in a circular calendar ring, across the upper arm and shoulder.
Carved stone relief tattoo on upper arm
Realistic black and grey tattoo of a woman in a feathered headdress with red beads, covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Feathered headdress portrait on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a 1928 Buffalo nickel coin, showing a profile portrait with a headdress, on the thigh.
Buffalo nickel coin tattoo on a thigh