Whang-od Oggay — Hand Poke The Kalinga *mambabatok* everyone has heard of, tapping in Buscalan since she was about fifteen. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/person/whang-od/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 52K
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
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
Sak Yant Chiang Mai — Hand Poke The Chiang Mai operation that publishes the profile of every master it works with — teacher, temple, family line, years in the robe and out. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/org/sak-yant-chiang-mai/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 52K
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
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
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
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
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
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
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