Uhi — Hand Poke A chisel of albatross bone hafted to a handle and struck with a mallet, cutting a groove that the pigment fills. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/tool/uhi/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 51K
The Ukok woman — Hand Poke A Pazyryk woman buried on the Ukok Plateau, preserved in ice for about 2,400 years, with animal designs on her skin. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/find/ice-maiden/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 51K
The designs — Hand Poke What the marks are of, what they are said to do, and which ones have to be earned. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/designs/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 52K
Mandalay — Hand Poke Upper Burma's capital until 1885, and the centre of the country whose men were, in Shway Yoe's account, all tattooed. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/place/mandalay/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 51K
The stencil book — Hand Poke A volume in the corpus this site counted is exactly what its title says: yant patterns for tattooists to trace. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/art/stencils/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 51K
The lettered square — Hand Poke A grid of letters or numerals, read as a formula rather than as a picture. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/motif/mystic-square/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 50K
The Qilakitsoq women — สักด้วยมือ มัมมี่หญิงชาวอินูอิตจากกรีนแลนด์ตะวันตกเฉียงเหนือ อายุห้าศตวรรษ มีรอยสักบนใบหน้าที่เห็นได้ด้วยอินฟราเรด nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/th/find/qilakitsoq/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 53K
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