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 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
The Cordilleran mummies — Hand Poke Mummified Cordilleran people in cave and hanging-coffin burials, tattooed, with the designs also carved on the coffins. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/find/cordilleran-mummies/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 51K
The Chin ban — Hand Poke Burma's socialist government banned Chin facial tattooing in the 1960s; missionaries had been discouraging it for decades already. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/story/chin-ban/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 50K
Kengtung — Hand Poke The eastern Shan town that sits in the middle of the leg-tattoo zone, and in the middle of the Tai world the zone is drawn on. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/place/kengtung/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 51K
The Qilakitsoq women — Hand Poke Mummified Inuit women from north-west Greenland, five centuries old, with facial tattoos visible under infrared. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/find/qilakitsoq/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 50K
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
Soot and water — Hand Poke Ash or soot from a fire, ground and mixed with water, oil, plant juice or animal bile. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/ink/soot-water/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 51K
Stitch — Hand Poke A needle carrying a thread blackened with soot, drawn through the skin so the line of pigment stays where the thread passed. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/method/stitch/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 51K
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