Traditions — Hand Poke Traditions — Hand Poke nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/traditions/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 66K
Au — Hand Poke A set of combs — wide ones for filling, narrow ones for line — each hafted at a right angle and struck with a light mallet. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/tool/au/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 51K
Tatau — Hand Poke Samoa: a comb of bone and turtle shell, struck with a mallet, covering a man from the middle of the back to the knees. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/tradition/tatau/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 54K
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
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
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 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
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
The design block — Hand Poke Not a needle: a carved wooden block, inked and printed onto the skin, so the tattooist follows a line instead of remembering one. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/tool/design-block/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 52K