scarification

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It is based on a 2020 sculpture, “I Am Speaking, Can You Hear Me?,” comprising two busts adorned all over with stylized scarification marks.

From Washington Post • Jul. 7, 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

A gallery handout also connects the dots to Australian aboriginal art and African scarification patterns.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 30, 2018

Yet in Parambei, where the Catholic church is present, scarification remains almost universal among the men.

From BBC • Aug. 25, 2018

A sharp flint serves them as a lancet for letting blood, as well as for scarification in bruises and swellings.

From Voyages from Montreal Through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans in 1789 and 1793 Vol. I by Mackenzie, Alexander