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
Irezumi — Hand Poke Japan: needles bound with silk to a wooden rod, worked by hand — *tebori*, carving by hand — over years, in a design that covers the body like a garment. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/tradition/irezumi/ · 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
Lek char — Hand Poke The northern instrument: an iron stylus of the kind used to incise palm-leaf manuscripts, taken to skin. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/tool/lek-char/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 53K
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
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
Kakiniit — Hand Poke Inuit tattoos: women's work on women's skin, stitched with a sooted thread drawn under the skin, or poked. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/tradition/kakiniit/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 54K
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