batok — Hand Poke From Proto-Austronesian *beCik, tattoo, with relatives *patik, mottled, and *burik, speckled — the word for a pattern, applied to skin, cloth and pot alike. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/term/batok-word/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 50K
The face grids — Hand Poke Lines, dots, and combinations of both, arranged differently by each Chin group. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/motif/chin-grid/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 50K
htoe kwin — Hand Poke *Htoe* is to prick or pierce; *kwin* is a ring or an enclosure. The name describes the framed rings the figures sit in. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/term/htoe-kwin-word/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 50K
tatau — Hand Poke The Polynesian word English borrowed. Cook's crew wrote it down in 1769 and it displaced every English word for the practice. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/term/tatau-word/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 50K
The centipede — Hand Poke The centipede, one of the standing Cordilleran figures, alongside snakes, eagles, ferns, rice grains and mountains. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/motif/gayaman/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 50K
The aubergine flower — Hand Poke *Bungai terung*, worn on each shoulder when a young Iban man leaves home on his journey. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/motif/bungai-terung/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 50K
Sedna's hands — Hand Poke Hand and arm marks referring to where the sea goddess's fingers were cut off. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/motif/sedna-hands/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 50K
Moko kauae — Hand Poke The Māori chin marking worn by women. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/motif/moko-kauae/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 50K
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
Rabali — Hand Poke The Fijian tattooist recorded as still working between 1908 and 1910, when she was the only one left. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/person/rabali/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 50K
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