What the word means first — Hand Poke The word each tradition uses for the tattoo, and what it meant before it meant that. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/story/words/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 52K
Sicanje — Hand Poke Bosnia: Catholic girls' forearms and hands marked with crosses, circles and fences, pricked with soot and honey. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/tradition/sicanje/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 53K
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 design block — Hand Poke Not a needle: a carved wooden block, inked and printed onto the skin, so the tattooist follows a line instead of remembering one. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/tool/design-block/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 52K
Nomi — Hand Poke A wooden rod with a group of needles bound to the end in silk, pushed at a shallow angle rather than straight down. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/tool/nomi/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 51K
Kayan tattooing — Hand Poke Upriver Borneo, where the tattooists were women and the work went on a woman's forearms, thighs and feet across years. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/tradition/kayan-borneo/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 52K
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
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
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
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