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

As these ceremonies also included the coming of age of the young crown prince, he was attended by the chief witch-doctors and made to undergo scarification and circumcision.

From Adventures in Swaziland The Story of a South African Boer by O'Neil, Owen Rowe