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
When it is done — Hand Poke The date is rarely free. Most traditions on this site fix the work to a passage the person is making anyway. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/rite/the-timing/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 51K
Au — Hand Poke A set of combs — wide ones for filling, narrow ones for line — each hafted at a right angle and struck with a light mallet. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/tool/au/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 51K
The framed animal — Hand Poke A tiger, a cat, a monkey, an elephant, a *nat* or a *bilu*, each sitting inside an oval frame of letters. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/motif/framed-animal/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 51K
Deq — Hand Poke Kurdistan: marks on women's faces, hands and feet, for protection, for health, and to say which tribe. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/tradition/deq/ · 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
The needle now — Hand Poke Single-use needles, gloves and an autoclave are the difference between a hand tradition in 1882 and the same hand tradition today. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/issue/the-needle-now/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 51K
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