tua mueang — Hand Poke The northern letters — Tai Tham script, the script of the region's manuscripts and of the yant that go on northern skin. Khom is the central convention, not the northern one. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/term/tua-mueang/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 51K
godna — Hand Poke To prick. The noun for the tattoo and the verb for the needle are the same word. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/term/godna-word/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 49K
Chin facial tattooing — Hand Poke Women's faces, marked between fifteen and twenty, in a pattern that names the tribe: full-face, part-face, dots, lines, or both. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/tradition/chin-ming/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 56K
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
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
Who wrote it down — Hand Poke Most of what is known about the stopped traditions was written by the people whose arrival stopped them. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/issue/who-wrote-it-down/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 52K
Tap — Hand Poke A needle or a comb of needles fixed at a right angle to a handle, and a second piece of wood striking the handle to drive it in. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/method/tap/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 52K
The lettered square — Hand Poke A grid of letters or numerals, read as a formula rather than as a picture. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/motif/mystic-square/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 50K
The sample book — สักด้วยมือ สมุดภาพที่ช่างสักพม่าพกไป เพื่อให้เด็กเลือกลายและตำแหน่งก่อนเริ่มงาน nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/th/art/sample-book/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 53K
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
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