A cikin al'adu da yawa, ɗayan manyan dalilan da ke haifar da mutum don yiwa fatarsa alama ta rayuwa tare da zane-zane babu shakka biyan haraji ga kakanninsu. Misali bayyananne shine Tattoocin Indiyawan Amurka. Wani nau'in tattoo wanda, kodayake fewan shekarun da suka gabata ya sami fitowar shahararren sanannen ɗayan ɗayan zane-zanen da aka fi sani da su, yana da tatsuniya tare da caji mai zurfin alama.
Kuma shine idan kun zauna a Arewacin Amurka kuma kun gano cewa kuna da alaƙa ta kai tsaye da Indiyawan Asalin Arewacin Amurka, ba tare da wata shakka ba babu wata hanyar da ta fi dacewa ta girmamawa ga kakanninku fiye da yin irin wannan zane. Tattoo wanda za mu iya haɗuwa tare da abubuwa daban-daban waɗanda ke nuni zuwa ga fauna da fure na Amurka. Bugu da kari, za mu kuma ga cewa akwai mutane da yawa wadanda Sun "ara" hankula "hat" da aka kirkira tare da fuka-fukai da sauran cikakkun bayanai don haɗawa tare da wasu abubuwan kuma don haka ƙirƙirar tattoo mai ban sha'awa tare da takamaiman taɓawa ta gargajiya.
A nasa bangaren, Indiyawan Indiyawan Asalin Amurkawa sun yi amfani da jarfa tun zamanin da azaman hanyar rubuta tafiye-tafiyensu, abubuwan da suka dace, da kuma iliminsu. Abin takaici kuma ba kamar sauran al'adu da yawa ba, babu wani rikodin takaddun gani wanda za'a iya yaba waɗannan jarfa. A wani bangare, wannan saboda Amurka gida ce ta haduwar al'adu.
Musamman, sarakuna da matan su harma da duk wanda ke da wani “muhimmin matsayi” a tsakanin kabilun Amurka sun sami fuskokin fuskokin fuskokin su. Kodayake, a wasu kabilun al'adar taton ta kasance ta mata ce kawai. Wannan ya ce, mun bar ku a ƙasa da bambance bambancen american indian tattoos tarawa. Gashin fuka-fukai, tsuntsaye da sauran abubuwan halayya sune kayan yau da kullun.
