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
Sicanje — Hand Poke Bosnia: Catholic girls' forearms and hands marked with crosses, circles and fences, pricked with soot and honey. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/tradition/sicanje/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 53K
Where the marks go — Hand Poke Each tradition here records which zones of the body it marks. Counted together, the zones sort into two kinds. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/story/body/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 51K
The design block — Hand Poke Not a needle: a carved wooden block, inked and printed onto the skin, so the tattooist follows a line instead of remembering one. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/tool/design-block/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 52K
Shway Yoe — Hand Poke The Scottish administrator who wrote the fullest English description of Burmese tattooing, under a Burmese pen name, in 1882. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/person/shway-yoe/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 52K
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
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
Nomi — Hand Poke A wooden rod with a group of needles bound to the end in silk, pushed at a shallow angle rather than straight down. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/tool/nomi/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 51K
Veiqia — Hand Poke Fiji: girls marked at puberty by older women called *dauveiqia*, paid in tapa cloth and whale teeth. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/tradition/veiqia/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 52K
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