Mandalay — Hand Poke Upper Burma's capital until 1885, and the centre of the country whose men were, in Shway Yoe's account, all tattooed. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/place/mandalay/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 51K
Who gets written about — Hand Poke Every tradition on this site that has a Wikipedia article, ranked by how many languages wrote one. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/story/coverage/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 51K
What counts as hand-poked — Hand Poke The site is called hand poke and half the traditions on it do not poke. Here is the line it draws and why the line is arguable. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/issue/what-counts/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 52K
Counted — Hand Poke Counted — Hand Poke nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/counted/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 51K
The face grids — Hand Poke Lines, dots, and combinations of both, arranged differently by each Chin group. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/motif/chin-grid/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 50K
The open questions — Hand Poke Questions this site cannot settle: whose designs, whose hands, whose photographs, and what counts as hand-poked at all. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/questions/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 51K
The leg zone — Hand Poke The leg zone — Hand Poke nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/legs/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 173K
Soot and water — Hand Poke Ash or soot from a fire, ground and mixed with water, oil, plant juice or animal bile. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/ink/soot-water/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 51K
Vermilion — Hand Poke Cinnabar red, diluted, mixed with herbs and other things, and used for charms rather than for the standing marks. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/ink/vermilion/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 51K
Kayan tattooing — Hand Poke Upriver Borneo, where the tattooists were women and the work went on a woman's forearms, thighs and feet across years. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/tradition/kayan-borneo/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 52K
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