Khem sak — Hand Poke The sak yant needle: a long steel or brass shaft, pushed with one hand and steered with the other. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/tool/khem-sak/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 52K
Cordilleran whatok — Hand Poke The Cordillera mountains of northern Luzon, where Spanish rule never reached and the tattooing was never interrupted. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/tradition/kalinga-cordillera/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 53K
The murals — Hand Poke Northern temple walls carry men with marked legs and torsos, painted by people who saw them daily. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/art/murals/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 52K
Stopped, and started again — Hand Poke Several traditions here stopped and came back. Where both ends are datable, this site subtracts them and prints the gap. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/story/revival/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 52K
Poke — Hand Poke A point held in the hand and pushed into the skin, once per mark, with the pigment carried on or into the hole. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/method/poke/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 51K
When it is done — Hand Poke The date is rarely free. Most traditions on this site fix the work to a passage the person is making anyway. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/rite/the-timing/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 51K
ming — Hand Poke The Chin word for the facial marks. Banned by name in the 1960s. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/term/ming/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 49K
Stick and poke — Hand Poke The one everybody has seen: a needle, ink, no machine — punk kitchens, prisons, and now studios that do nothing else. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/tradition/stick-and-poke/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 52K
deq — Hand Poke From Syriac *dyoqo*, puncturing. A male tattooist is *deqqak*, a female one *deqqake*. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/term/deq-word/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 49K
The leg-tattoo zone — Hand Poke One custom, four peoples, and a boundary that runs through the middle of modern Thailand rather than along its edge. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/story/legs/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 54K
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