The episodes — Hand Poke A ban, an expedition, a photograph, a revival — dated, and with the paper that did it where there is one. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/stories/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 54K
The aubergine flower — Hand Poke *Bungai terung*, worn on each shoulder when a young Iban man leaves home on his journey. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/motif/bungai-terung/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 50K
Bearing it — Hand Poke In tradition after tradition the pain is not a side effect of the mark. It is the thing being demonstrated. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/rite/the-pain/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 52K
Iban tattooing — Hand Poke Borneo: tapped designs carved on a block and printed onto the skin, with hand marks reserved for a man who had taken a head. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/tradition/iban-borneo/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 53K
The keepers — Hand Poke Museums, archives, collectives and the studios that teach the hand method now. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/keepers/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 51K
Soot and honey — Hand Poke Soot, honey and sometimes saliva, pricked in with a needle. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/ink/soot-honey/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 50K
Who wrote it down — Hand Poke Most of what is known about the stopped traditions was written by the people whose arrival stopped them. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/issue/who-wrote-it-down/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 52K
The words — Hand Poke The word each tradition uses, and what it means before it means tattoo. Most of them mean prick, strike or write. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/terms/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 54K
The leg zone — Hand Poke The leg zone — Hand Poke nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/legs/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 173K
Hnitkwasok — Hand Poke A brass rod about two feet long, weighted at the top with a cast figure, with a split four-way point at the other end. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/tool/hnitkwasok/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 52K
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