Tattoos on the elbow II: spider web

Different meanings for an old design

Different meanings for an old design

The tattoo on him codo more controversial is that of the spider web, since there are as many interpretations as there are people. I will comment on some and clarify that I simply inform, I do not emphatically affirm any.

There are several versions about its meaning for skinheads. One skinhead claims it dates back to the time of the Industrial Revolution in London. A worker said "" I have not worked for so long that cobwebs are growing on my arms "and ended up tattooing that drawing on his elbow. Over time, the British skinheads (reagge / Ska & oi!) Adopted it as a symbol of their belonging to the working class. It symbolizes, therefore, that you are a worker.

Others go further and say it was a rebellion symbol, of refusing to accept the precarious economic conditions in the factories and mines, and having the elbows tattooed with cobwebs was a way of symbolizing that they refused to accept them and preferred not to work.

Skingirl tattoo

Skingirl tattoo

Others claim that what it symbolizes is a veiled threat to catch non-Aryans like prey.

Why at the elbow and not elsewhere? Because raising your arm to greet, the elbow is exposed and clearly identified by those who see it.

Other groups

Tattoo of naabritydruk

Tattoo of naabritydruk

It is also a very common tattoo in prisons and it appears in various parts of the body, as I will explain another day when I do a special on prison tattoos. On the elbows it symbolizes that the prisoner has committed a murder (therefore dangerous) and that he will not hesitate to use the elbows as a knife.

As in any drawing, each tattooed person is a world and the meanings are diverse; there are also those who say they have tattooed it jokingly because they spend many hours in a bar and cobwebs grow on their elbows, either as a customer or as a waiter (that is, their tattoo has no political or social connotation)

This is what I have made clear by reading a lot of information on the subject. If anyone has an explanation different and you want to share it, you are welcome.


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  1.   Carlos said

    Look at the only true answer and it is the one that skinheads carry, it is because cobwebs grow from being at the bar and also it is placed on one elbow depending on the arm with which the Birra is held.

  2.   MxM said

    We skinheads wear them for hours with our elbow resting on the bar counter. Each fly tattooed on the spider web is a person you have killed.