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
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
Later he told me the next mass scarification of the village's young men into the cult of the crocodile would take place this November.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2018
Of the immediate effect of this scarification upon Shadwell we have no information; how it ultimately affected his fortunes we shall see presently.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 10, August, 1858 by Various
