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
Lampblack — Hand Poke Soot collected from a lamp, mixed with water as it is needed. Under the skin it reads blue-black, and it does not leave. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/ink/lampblack/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 52K
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
When it is done — สักด้วยมือ วันเวลาไม่ค่อยเป็นอิสระ ธรรมเนียมส่วนใหญ่ผูกการสักไว้กับช่วงเปลี่ยนผ่านที่คนนั้นกำลังก้าวข้ามอยู่แล้ว nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/th/rite/the-timing/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 53K
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
Veiqia — Hand Poke Fiji: girls marked at puberty by older women called *dauveiqia*, paid in tapa cloth and whale teeth. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/tradition/veiqia/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 52K
The leg-tattoo zone — Hand Poke One custom, four peoples, and a boundary that runs through the middle of modern Thailand rather than along its edge. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/story/legs/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 54K
Where — Hand Poke Where — Hand Poke nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/body/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 54K