moko — Hand Poke *Tā* is to strike; *moko* is the design itself. The verb in the name is the mallet, not the point. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/term/moko/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 49K
Derung face marks — Hand Poke Yunnan: Derung women marked on the face at twelve or thirteen, in a tradition now carried by a handful of elders. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/tradition/derung-face/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 52K
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
Atayal ptasan — Hand Poke Taiwan: a band down the forehead, and a second mark earned — by a man for taking a head, by a woman for mastering the loom. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/tradition/atayal-ptasan/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 52K
Tap — Hand Poke A needle or a comb of needles fixed at a right angle to a handle, and a second piece of wood striking the handle to drive it in. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/method/tap/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 52K
The pilgrim's cross — Hand Poke Jerusalem and Egypt: a cross on the inside of the wrist, marking a pilgrimage — and a family that has been doing it for around seven hundred years. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/tradition/coptic-pilgrim/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 53K
Sak yant — Hand Poke Letters, numbers and figures arranged into a diagram — *yant* — and pricked into skin with a long needle. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/tradition/sak-yant/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 57K
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
Shan leg tattooing — Hand Poke The same leg work as the Burmese, carried further — to the ankles, up the back, and on the specialists who tattooed everybody else's charms. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/tradition/shan-tattooing/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 55K
htoe kwin — Hand Poke *Htoe* is to prick or pierce; *kwin* is a ring or an enclosure. The name describes the framed rings the figures sit in. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/term/htoe-kwin-word/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 50K
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