scarification
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Densely dotted patterns, reminiscent of Australian Aboriginal art, refer to scarification, the traditional African practice of cutting permanent adornments into human skin.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 2, 2022
Most of those like Mr Akeem, who were marked as children, agree it was right to stop facial scarification.
From BBC ● May 20, 2022
The tin’s raised pattern, weathered and abraded, yields the look of ancient African body scarification practiced as ritual ornamentation — here given an urban, Western edge.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2021
They were dressed in Ethiopian uniforms, she said, but spoke with an Eritrean accent and had traditional facial scarification typical of the neighbouring country.
From Reuters ● Apr. 15, 2021
I concluded that the scars were due to the practice of scarification.
From The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir by John M. Garvan
