Lampblack — Hand Poke Soot collected from a lamp, mixed with water as it is needed. Under the skin it reads blue-black, and it does not leave. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/ink/lampblack/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 52K
Hajichi — Hand Poke The Ryukyu Islands: marks on the backs of women's hands, outlawed by Japan in 1899 and now being put back on. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/tradition/hajichi/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 52K
The Ukok Plateau — สักด้วยมือ The high plateau on the Russian–Chinese–Mongolian frontier where frozen Pazyryk burials preserved tattooed skin. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/th/place/ukok/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 52K
The Gebelein mummies — Hand Poke Six naturally mummified bodies from Upper Egypt, dug out of sand graves in 1896, two of them tattooed. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/find/gebelein/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 51K
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
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 Tohunga Suppression Act — Hand Poke A New Zealand statute aimed at Māori specialists, which caught tā moko along with everything else a tohunga did. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/story/tohunga-act/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 50K