The painted ones — Hand Poke Spain called the Visayans *Pintados*, the painted ones, described their tattoos in detail, and converted them out of the practice within two centuries. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/story/pintados/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 51K
Amazigh marks — Hand Poke North Africa: women's chin, forehead and hand marks, in a geometric vocabulary shared with weaving and pottery. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/tradition/amazigh-marks/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 52K
Whang-od Oggay — Hand Poke The Kalinga *mambabatok* everyone has heard of, tapping in Buscalan since she was about fifteen. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/person/whang-od/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 52K
The evidence — Hand Poke Tattooed skin that survived — bog, ice, desert and salt — with the date the laboratory gave it. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/evidence/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 51K
Bearing it — Hand Poke In tradition after tradition the pain is not a side effect of the mark. It is the thing being demonstrated. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/rite/the-pain/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 52K
The murals — Hand Poke Northern temple walls carry men with marked legs and torsos, painted by people who saw them daily. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/art/murals/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 52K
The keepers — Hand Poke Museums, archives, collectives and the studios that teach the hand method now. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/keepers/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 51K