Indigo — Hand Poke Pigment from the indigo plant, used by the Ainu and reported for the blue lines on Chin women's faces. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/ink/indigo/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 50K
Khan tang — Hand Poke The fee, set by the master, presented in a bowl: flowers, candles, incense, cloth, coins, and whatever else that master's line asks for. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/rite/khan-tang/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 52K
Cats and monkeys — Hand Poke The two commonest figures on a Burmese thigh, named in the same breath as tigers and elephants. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/motif/cat-monkey/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 50K
The Sulu'ape line — Hand Poke The Samoan master-tattooist titles, held in two families, and carried into the present by name. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/person/sulu-ape/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 50K
Chinchorro Mo-1 T28 C22 — Hand Poke A mummified man from the Chilean coast with a dotted line tattooed above his upper lip — the oldest tattoo yet found in the Americas. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/find/chinchorro-man/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 50K
The Qilakitsoq women — Hand Poke Mummified Inuit women from north-west Greenland, five centuries old, with facial tattoos visible under infrared. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/find/qilakitsoq/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 50K
Hovak Johnston — Hand Poke The Inuvialuk woman whose project took the kakiniit off the archive shelf and back onto skin, learning the stitch from elders. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/person/hovak-johnston/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 50K
The Veiqia Project — Hand Poke The collective of Fijian women artists who researched veiqia in collections and archives and brought the practice back. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/org/veiqia-project/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 50K
The Tohunga Suppression Act — Hand Poke A New Zealand statute aimed at Māori specialists, which caught tā moko along with everything else a tohunga did. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/story/tohunga-act/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 50K