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
The pilgrim's cross — Hand Poke A small cross on the inside of the wrist, printed from a carved block and then marked in. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/motif/pilgrim-cross/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 50K
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 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
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
The Ukok Plateau — Hand Poke The high plateau on the Russian–Chinese–Mongolian frontier where frozen Pazyryk burials preserved tattooed skin. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/place/ukok/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 50K
Sak yant — Hand Poke Letters, numbers and figures arranged into a diagram — *yant* — and pricked into skin with a long needle. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/tradition/sak-yant/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 57K
Who holds you still — Hand Poke Nobody is tattooed alone. The room is part of the method. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/rite/who-holds-you/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 51K