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
Vermilion — Hand Poke Cinnabar red, diluted, mixed with herbs and other things, and used for charms rather than for the standing marks. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/ink/vermilion/ · 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
Exhibited — Hand Poke For two and a half centuries, the main way a European saw a tattooed body was on a stage, with an entrance fee. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/story/exhibited/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 52K
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
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
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
Konyak marks — Hand Poke Nagaland and across the Myanmar border: chest and face marks a man received for taking a head. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/tradition/konyak-naga/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 52K
How the word got in — Hand Poke English had no single word for the practice until Cook's crew brought one back from Polynesia. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/story/cook-1769/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 51K
Gisi and pat-ik — Hand Poke A citrus thorn — or a bundle of them — lashed at a right angle to a short stick, tapped by a second stick. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/tool/gisi-pat-ik/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 51K
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