The photographs — Hand Poke The free pictures of tattooed bodies are mostly colonial-era photographs of people who did not choose to be photographed, or sideshow portraits made to be sold. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/issue/the-photographs/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 51K
Chiang Mai — Hand Poke The old capital of Lanna: where the leg tattoo was ordinary, where the yant is still done, and where this site is written. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/place/chiang-mai/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 51K
The sample book — Hand Poke A book of drawings a Burmese tattooist carried, so the boy could pick his figures and their positions before the work started. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/art/sample-book/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 51K
Hlai women's marks — Hand Poke Hainan: Hlai women marked on face, throat, arms and legs in patterns that told one lineage from another. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/tradition/hlai-marks/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 51K
The rules — Hand Poke A yant works while its bearer keeps the rules that came with it — most often a list of foods not eaten and things not done. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/rite/kho-ham/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 51K
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
Patutiki — Hand Poke The Marquesas: coverage so complete that Willowdean Handy's 1922 survey had to be drawn panel by panel to record it. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/tradition/marquesan-patutiki/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 51K
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