Five thousand years — Hand Poke The dated points: bodies with marks on them, bans with statutes behind them, revivals with a year. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/story/timeline/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 51K
Who holds you still — Hand Poke Nobody is tattooed alone. The room is part of the method. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/rite/who-holds-you/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 51K
Machine — Hand Poke An electric motor drives the needle, at speeds between fifty and three thousand insertions a minute. It is here for contrast. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/method/machine/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 51K
Godna — Hand Poke Northern and central India: women's marks, pricked by women, carried out of India to the Caribbean by indentured labour. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/tradition/godna/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 51K
The Ukok woman — Hand Poke A Pazyryk woman buried on the Ukok Plateau, preserved in ice for about 2,400 years, with animal designs on her skin. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/find/ice-maiden/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 51K
Whose designs — Hand Poke Several traditions on this site hold that certain designs may not be worn by people who have not earned them. That rule is theirs to state and not this site's to adjudicate. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/issue/whose-designs/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 51K
Saya Chein — Hand Poke A Burmese tattooist named in passing in 1882 — the only working *saya* of the period this site can put a name to. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/person/saya-chein/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 51K
Amazigh marks — Hand Poke North Africa: women's chin, forehead and hand marks, in a geometric vocabulary shared with weaving and pottery. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/tradition/amazigh-marks/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 52K
The painted ones — Hand Poke Spain called the Visayans *Pintados*, the painted ones, described their tattoos in detail, and converted them out of the practice within two centuries. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/story/pintados/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 51K
Japan outlaws it — Hand Poke Japan banned tattooing while presenting itself to the world, and foreigners immediately travelled there to be tattooed. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/story/meiji-ban/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 51K
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