The instruments — Hand Poke Brass rods, bamboo splints, boar tusk combs, thorn bundles and bone needles — what they are made of and how long they are. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/tools/ · 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
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
Cut — Hand Poke The skin is cut or chiselled and pigment is rubbed into the cut, so the mark has a texture as well as a colour. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/method/cut/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 51K