The tattoo is clothing — Hand Poke Sources in Burmese, Northern Thai, Spanish and Samoan — and a Cordilleran rule recorded in English — reach for the same comparison: the tattoo is not on the body, it is what the… nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/story/clothing/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 54K
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
Words — Hand Poke Words — Hand Poke nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/words/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 56K
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
Traditions — Hand Poke Traditions — Hand Poke nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/traditions/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 66K
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 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