The photographs — Hand Poke The free pictures of tattooed bodies are mostly colonial-era photographs of people who did not choose to be photographed, or sideshow portraits made to be sold. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/issue/the-photographs/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 51K
The sample book — Hand Poke A book of drawings a Burmese tattooist carried, so the boy could pick his figures and their positions before the work started. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/art/sample-book/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 51K
Hlai women's marks — Hand Poke Hainan: Hlai women marked on face, throat, arms and legs in patterns that told one lineage from another. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/tradition/hlai-marks/ · 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
Patutiki — Hand Poke The Marquesas: coverage so complete that Willowdean Handy's 1922 survey had to be drawn panel by panel to record it. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/tradition/marquesan-patutiki/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 51K
The Gebelein mummies — Hand Poke Six naturally mummified bodies from Upper Egypt, dug out of sand graves in 1896, two of them tattooed. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/find/gebelein/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 51K
The Arku Cave tools — Hand Poke Chisel and serrated heads of probable hafted tattooing instruments, excavated in a burial site in northern Luzon. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/find/arku-cave/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 51K
Mentawai titi — Hand Poke The Mentawai islands, west of Sumatra: long lines laid along arms, chest and legs, added to at each stage of a life. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/tradition/mentawai-titi/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 52K
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
Leslie Milne — Hand Poke The ethnographer who lived among the northern Shan and published the leg-tattoo account this site leans on. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/person/milne-shans/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 51K
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