The inks — Hand Poke Soot, charcoal, indigo, gall and cinnabar — and what they were mixed with before they went in. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/inks/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 51K
Nara ink — Hand Poke The ink used in Japanese hand tattooing, which reads blue-grey under the skin rather than flat black. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/ink/nara-ink/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 50K
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
Nara ink — สักด้วยมือ The ink used in Japanese hand tattooing, which reads blue-grey under the skin rather than flat black. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/th/ink/nara-ink/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 51K
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
Mandalay — Hand Poke Upper Burma's capital until 1885, and the centre of the country whose men were, in Shway Yoe's account, all tattooed. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/place/mandalay/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 51K
Shan leg tattooing — Hand Poke The same leg work as the Burmese, carried further — to the ankles, up the back, and on the specialists who tattooed everybody else's charms. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/tradition/shan-tattooing/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 55K
Htoe kwin — Hand Poke Every up-country Burmese man wore one: a sheet of dark-blue animals from the navel to below the knee, begun in boyhood. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/tradition/htoe-kwin/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 57K
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