Ainu anchi-piri — Hand Poke Hokkaido and Sakhalin: a woman's mouth ringed with indigo, begun in childhood and widened until she was ready to marry. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/tradition/ainu-anchi-piri/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 53K
Hovak Johnston — Hand Poke The Inuvialuk woman whose project took the kakiniit off the archive shelf and back onto skin, learning the stitch from elders. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/person/hovak-johnston/ · 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 episodes — Hand Poke A ban, an expedition, a photograph, a revival — dated, and with the paper that did it where there is one. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/stories/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 54K
Needle and sinew — Hand Poke The same needle that sewed the clothing, threaded with sinew blackened in soot and drawn under the skin. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/tool/needle-and-sinew/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 51K