Scarification
Scarification and cicatrisation as marks of belonging, initiation and beauty, documented as practices rather than as types.
Part of Beauty Standards
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- - Eagle Labret 01. Eagle Labret, Aztec, 1200-1500 CE, Gold, Item ID PC.B.091, Dumbarton Oaks Museum, Washington, DC, 20007.
- - Ife sculpture Inv.A96-1-4. Male head, probably one of the king's servants, sculpture of the Ife civilization. Terracotta, Nigeria, 12th, 14th century.
- - Aztec Obsidian Labret (Lip Plug), Spindle Whorls, Bone Batten, 1200-1521 (10452217586). Ancient Americas Gallery, Michael C. Carlos Museum, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
- - Eagle-head labret - Saint Louis Art Museum 275-1978 d. Gold labret with eagle head held by the Saint Louis Art Museum. Published no later than December 28, 2023, but perhaps earlier, as determined by the Internet Archive.
- - Farmingdale Statue face. Farmingdale Statue, close-up of face and upper torso, showing incised scarification patterns and chest decoration. Zulu or Nguni wooden figure, c.
- - Voyage autour du monde - planche XIII - Jeune Femme des Isles de la Reine Charlotte. French translation of A voyage round the world, but more particularly to the north-west coast of America microform : performed in 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788, in the King George and Queen Charlotte, Captains Portlock and Dixon ; dedicated, by permission, to Sir Joseph Banks, Bart.
- - Masque Jenna Cass-Château-Musée de Boulogne-sur-Mer. Masque Jenna Cass Culture Kaigani Haida Côte Sud-Est de l'Alaska Bois, verre, tendon Début du 19e s. Château-Musée de Boulogne-sur-Mer Inv.
- - Mask. Flat, ovoid-shaped, mask made from hard wood. Hairline rendered in relief.
- - Mask (Mwana Pwo). Mwana pwo (young woman) masks, danced by Chokwe men at festivals primarily for entertainment, are said to bestow increased fertility on the spectators. The masks represent female ancestors depicted as beautiful young women, with high foreheads, balanced features, filed teeth, and scarification. Held by Brooklyn Museum.
- - Weir vaccinator, Europe, 1831-1870. A Weir vaccinator was used to introduce cowpox lymph material into the body via scratches made by scarification. Cowpox gives immunity against smallpox. Held by the Wellcome Collection.
- - Papuan, New Guinea from Malay Archipelago 1869 vol 2 page 322. Engraving of Papuan, New Guinea from Alfred Russel Wallace's The Malay Archipelago, 1869, volume 2, page 322.
- - Publications of the Folk-lore Society (1878) (14592807978). Publications of the Folk-lore Society London : The Society.
- - Adechina. A photograph of the African-born Cuban babalawo Remigio Herrera, photographed in 1891.
- - Makondefrauen mit besonders schonenZiernarben. Makonde woman with lip piercing and scarifications in the face.
- - Man with scarification patterns, Congo, ca. 1900-1915 (IMP-CSCNWW33-OS10-18). Man with scarification patterns, Congo, ca. 1900-1915 Black and white lantern slide showing a man with scarification designs on his chest, face and lips, in Belgian colonial Congo Free State or post-1908 Belgian Congo (present day Democratic Republic of the Congo ).
- - Ngombe baptistes-1908. Man and woman of the Ngombe tribe, adherents of the Baptist mission, Bopoto.
- - Ngombe couple, Congo, ca. 1900-1915 (IMP-CSCNWW33-OS11-22). Ngombe couple, Congo, ca. 1900-1915 Black and white lantern slide showing a Congolese couple, speakers of the Ngombe language, a Bantu language spoken by people living beside the Congo River.
- - Scarification designs, Congo, ca. 1900-1915 (IMP-CSCNWW33-OS10-14). Scarification designs, Congo, ca. 1900-1915 Black and white lantern slide showing a Congolese man with designs made on his face through the process of scarification, colonial Belgian Congo (present day Democratic Republic of the Congo ).
- - African scarification circa 1943. Facial scarification in Africa in the early 1940s.
- - Restauration de scarification. Scarifications récemment rafraîchies sur le visage d’un enfant. Les symboles représentent son appartenance à son clan.
- - Sepik River initiation PNG 1975. Initiation ceremony. Koroga village on the Sepik River, Papua New Guinea.
- - Cabeza de rey (ciudad yoruba). Cabeza de latón que representa un rey. Se pueden apreciar detalles de los tatuajes o escarificaciones faciales y el tocado, además del realismo del rostro.
- - Sepik River initiation - crocodile scarification 1975, 2. This photo was taken in Papua New Guinea by Franz Luthi in 1975. He has given me (John Hill) written permission to use it in the Wikipedia free of copyright.
- - Tribal crocodile scarification, Sepik River, Papua New Guinea. The tribes along Papua New Guinea’s Sepik river use a crocodile scarification as part of the coming of age ritual for their young men.
- - Parkin Site head reconstruction HRoe 2006. A photo of a bust from the Parkin Archeological State Park, showing what the inhabitants may have looked like. The bust is based on effigy head pots found at the site.
- - Scarification West Africa. Bassam, Ivory Coast, Notice the tribal markings/scars on the man's face.
- - Etiopia valle dll omo (18). Shots depicting the Lower Valley of the Omo River, UNESCO World Heritage Site, and inhabitants of Southern Ethiopia.
- - reading desk, Papua-Rednerpult, reading desk. Lectern; Eastern New Guinea; wood, human hair, kauri shells; South Seas Department, Ethnological Museum, Berlin, Germany (Sepik expedition, 1912/1913).
- - Tattoo Ethnography PART 1. A survey of permanent body marking across cultures, covering tattooing and cutting traditions and the social functions they have served in the societies that practise them.
- - Etiopia - omo river valley DSC 2835 (15). Ethnic Mursi women with her Lip plate at Omo Valley, Ethiopia.
- - Etiopia - omo river valley DSC 2835 (17). Ethnic Mursi women without her Lip plate at Omo Valley, Ethiopia.
- - Etiopia - omo river valley DSC 2835 (9). Ethnic Mursi women with a Lip plate at Omo Valley, Ethiopia.
- - Taboo of Tattoo Ethnography. Attitudes toward tattooing are examined across different societies, contrasting settings where marks confer standing with settings where they carry stigma.
- - Mursi woman wearing a lip plate and carrying a basket, Ethiopia, 2011. Portrait of a Mursi woman wearing a lip plate and traditional ornaments, with a basket balanced on her head.
- - Dmitri-Markine-Mursi-Lip-Plate. A Mursi woman with a lip plate, Ethiopia. This is a crop of the original image; only the crop was released.
- - Footage Ethiopia 2. Tribe ritual: Mursi, lip plate. Mursi women in Ethiopia shape and wear the dhebi a tugoin, the clay lip plate, and the footage covers the piercing, the graduated sizing and the occasions on which the plate is worn or set aside.
- - Tattoo Ethnography Autumn L.. A student examination of tattooing as cultural practice, looking at how different communities have used permanent marks and what meanings attach to them.
- - Chihongo mask. Mask exposed at the Royal Palace of Brussels.
- - Mursi Lip Plate (7985303003). Mago National Park, Ethiopia. Lip plate is made from pottery.
- - Documentary Ethiopia: Mursi people (English). Mursi families in Ethiopia's Omo valley are filmed through cattle work, market visits and ceremony, with the lip plates, body painting and scar patterns worn by women and men shown in the settings where they are made and used.
- - Mursi woman 01. Mursi woman with a lip plate in Mago National Park, Ethiopia.
- - Hombres Cocodrilo (escarificación) - Cocodrile Man (scarification). Preparation, cutting and the long healing of the Sepik crocodile pattern are followed step by step, with the clay and ash used to raise the scars and the men who hold the knowledge of the design.
- - Mursi Woman (12033163853). Mursi women in the Omo Valley of Southern Ethiopia extend their lips with clay plates. Originally this practice may have been intended to make the Mursi women less attractive to slavers.
- - The crocodile men | Tribes - Planet Doc Full Documentaries. Along the Sepik River, initiates receive the raised cuts that read as crocodile hide, and the spirit house, the seclusion period and the men who cut the pattern are shown as part of the ceremony.
- - African showing cicatrization on the back.
- - Artificial deformation, 2 Labrets (lip plugs), 1 lip stud. 1. Labret (lip plug), bone, elliptical, grooved, upper surface convex, Haida, N.W.
- - Artificial deformation, two lip plugs.. Two lip plugs used for artificial deformation the lips.
- - Sara woman with duck-bill modification of the lips.
- - The scarifacation instruments, Indigenous American. The scarifacation instruments, Cherokee K'anvga, indigenous American Held by the Wellcome Collection.
- - Three wooden semi circular labrets (lip plugs), from N.W.
- - TRIBAL MARK:documentary by anire binitie. Interviews in Nigeria with people who were marked as children and with parents who declined, covering the pattern's meaning to the family and how the decision is regarded a generation later.
- - TVC Investigates | Dying Art of Yoruba Tribal Marking. Yoruba practitioners who still cut marks are sought out, along with families who stopped, and the reporting weighs the craft's decline against child-protection concerns raised in Nigeria about marking infants.
- - TVC Investigates | Dying Art of Yoruba Tribal Marking. Yoruba practitioners who still cut marks are sought out, along with families who stopped, and the reporting weighs the craft's decline against child-protection concerns raised in Nigeria about marking infants.
- - Pelouse scarifiée et non. A gauche pelouse scarifiée, à droite non scarifiée encore feutrée (2 mois après la scarification).
- - The Kwegu (Ethiopian Tribes - Full Documentary) | TRACKS. Kwegu communities along the Omo in south-western Ethiopia are followed through fishing, canoe work and river life, with body decoration and marking appearing as part of a broader account of how the group lives.
- - The Kwegu (Ethiopian Tribes - Full Documentary) | TRACKS. Kwegu communities along the Omo in south-western Ethiopia are followed through fishing, canoe work and river life, with body decoration and marking appearing as part of a broader account of how the group lives.
- - Tribes of Ethiopia | Full Documentary. Communities in Ethiopia's south are visited in turn, with attention to cattle herding, marriage negotiation, ceremony and the body decoration that accompanies each stage of life.
- - Tribes of Ethiopia | Full Documentary. Communities in Ethiopia's south are visited in turn, with attention to cattle herding, marriage negotiation, ceremony and the body decoration that accompanies each stage of life.
- - MARKED Documentary Premiere in Abuja: Culture of Tribal Marks in Nigeria. An Abuja screening gathers marked Nigerians, filmmakers and audience members to discuss the practice, and the exchange turns on inheritance, identity and why the custom has narrowed.
- - MARKED Documentary Premiere in Abuja: Culture of Tribal Marks in Nigeria. An Abuja screening gathers marked Nigerians, filmmakers and audience members to discuss the practice, and the exchange turns on inheritance, identity and why the custom has narrowed.
- - African Tribal Marks. This image depicts the 'Tribal Mark' identification and beautification system that occurs in Africa, using the man as an example. Tribal marks are part of the African culture and is inscribed on the body by cutting the skin during childhood.
- - The origin and history of tribal mark in Yorùbá land. Where Yoruba marking began is addressed through oral tradition and the royal houses of Oyo, with the specific patterns of individual towns and the practitioners who cut them.
- - The origin and history of tribal mark in Yorùbá land. Where Yoruba marking began is addressed through oral tradition and the royal houses of Oyo, with the specific patterns of individual towns and the practitioners who cut them.
- - Understanding The History & Symbolism In Yoruba Sculpture. Yoruba carved figures and heads are read for what they record, including the facial lines that identify lineage, alongside the conventions of proportion and posture that sculptors worked within.
- - Understanding The History & Symbolism In Yoruba Sculpture. Yoruba carved figures and heads are read for what they record, including the facial lines that identify lineage, alongside the conventions of proportion and posture that sculptors worked within.
- - Dede Speaks - Tribal Marks (Monologue/documentary). A first-person monologue on wearing facial marks in Nigeria, moving between what the pattern says about a person's origins and the questions strangers ask about it.
- - Dede Speaks - Tribal Marks (Monologue/documentary). A first-person monologue on wearing facial marks in Nigeria, moving between what the pattern says about a person's origins and the questions strangers ask about it.
- - Tribal mark Documentary. Individuals in Nigeria recall being marked as infants, their memories of the healing, and the reactions the lines have drawn in school, in the workplace and in the cities where the practice is uncommon.
- - Tribal mark Documentary. Individuals in Nigeria recall being marked as infants, their memories of the healing, and the reactions the lines have drawn in school, in the workplace and in the cities where the practice is uncommon.
- - A Documentary On Tribal Mark. Nigerians who carry facial marks describe how the cuts were made in infancy, which lineage or town each pattern identifies, and why fewer families now ask for them.
- - A Documentary On Tribal Mark. Nigerians who carry facial marks describe how the cuts were made in infancy, which lineage or town each pattern identifies, and why fewer families now ask for them.
- - Of Crocodiles and Men | The Blue Continent. On the Sepik, the crocodile is placed at the centre of village belief and initiation, and the raised skin patterns worn by initiated men are shown alongside the river life the animal belongs to.
- - Of Crocodiles and Men | The Blue Continent. On the Sepik, the crocodile is placed at the centre of village belief and initiation, and the raised skin patterns worn by initiated men are shown alongside the river life the animal belongs to.
- - Tribal Marks in Nigeria. Across Nigerian ethnic groups the patterns differ, and the variations are set out here alongside the reasons families once insisted on them and the legal and social pressure that has reduced the practice.
- - Tribal Marks in Nigeria. Across Nigerian ethnic groups the patterns differ, and the variations are set out here alongside the reasons families once insisted on them and the legal and social pressure that has reduced the practice.
- - Scarification and Body Modifications in Africa | Talk Africa with Michael Ukwuma. A studio discussion of body modification across African societies weighs marking as lineage record and rite of passage against the changing attitudes of urban and church-going generations.
- - Scarification and Body Modifications in Africa | Talk Africa with Michael Ukwuma. A studio discussion of body modification across African societies weighs marking as lineage record and rite of passage against the changing attitudes of urban and church-going generations.
- - History Of African Tribal Markings #africantribalmarks #historyofafrica. Marking practices are traced across West African societies and connected to the periods when they served as identification during conflict, slave raiding and resettlement, as well as to their ritual meanings.
- - History Of African Tribal Markings #africantribalmarks #historyofafrica. Marking practices are traced across West African societies and connected to the periods when they served as identification during conflict, slave raiding and resettlement, as well as to their ritual meanings.
- - Bakuba - Un Film Ethnographique sur le Congo Belge (1952). Filmed in the Belgian Congo in 1952, Kuba court life, weaving, dance and regalia are recorded, and the raised body patterns worn appear in the framing conventions typical of colonial-era ethnographic filmmaking.
- - Bakuba - Un Film Ethnographique sur le Congo Belge (1952). Filmed in the Belgian Congo in 1952, Kuba court life, weaving, dance and regalia are recorded, and the raised body patterns worn appear in the framing conventions typical of colonial-era ethnographic filmmaking.
- - A Short Documentary on Tribal Marks( Yoruba). Yoruba marking conventions are laid out briefly, with the named patterns such as pele and abaja distinguished by the number and direction of their lines and by the families entitled to wear them.
- - A Short Documentary on Tribal Marks( Yoruba). Yoruba marking conventions are laid out briefly, with the named patterns such as pele and abaja distinguished by the number and direction of their lines and by the families entitled to wear them.
- - WAKANDA FOREVER INSPIRATION FOR SKIN SCARIFICATION WAS FROM SOUTH SUDAN! The Dinka tribe.. Dinka forehead and body patterns from South Sudan are set beside the costume design of a recent Marvel film, tracing where the screen version's markings were drawn from.
- - WAKANDA FOREVER INSPIRATION FOR SKIN SCARIFICATION WAS FROM SOUTH SUDAN! The Dinka tribe.. Dinka forehead and body patterns from South Sudan are set beside the costume design of a recent Marvel film, tracing where the screen version's markings were drawn from.
- - Crocodile warriors of Iatmul | SLICE. Iatmul men in Papua New Guinea explain the crocodile initiation in their own terms, connecting the marks on their backs to the ancestral crocodile, the haus tambaran and the transition to adult standing.
- - Crocodile warriors of Iatmul | SLICE. Iatmul men in Papua New Guinea explain the crocodile initiation in their own terms, connecting the marks on their backs to the ancestral crocodile, the haus tambaran and the transition to adult standing.
- - Face and Body Markings || Embossed Tattoos!!! Ng'olo, Kolo. Luo marking, known as ng'olo and kolo, is explained through the raised patterns cut on the face and body, the practitioners who made them, and the standing they conferred within the community.
- - Face and Body Markings || Embossed Tattoos!!! Ng'olo, Kolo. Luo marking, known as ng'olo and kolo, is explained through the raised patterns cut on the face and body, the practitioners who made them, and the standing they conferred within the community.
- - Journey to the Papuan Territory | The Tower of Babel 7/8 | True Story Documentary Channel. Travel through Papuan territory covers language diversity, village life along the rivers and the highland routes, with initiation and body marking appearing among the practices encountered.
- - Journey to the Papuan Territory | The Tower of Babel 7/8 | True Story Documentary Channel. Travel through Papuan territory covers language diversity, village life along the rivers and the highland routes, with initiation and body marking appearing among the practices encountered.
- - Some facts about the TRIBAL MARK IN YORÙBÁ LAND. Short points about Yoruba marks cover the named pattern families, the towns and royal houses associated with them, and the diminishing number of children who receive them.
- - Some facts about the TRIBAL MARK IN YORÙBÁ LAND. Short points about Yoruba marks cover the named pattern families, the towns and royal houses associated with them, and the diminishing number of children who receive them.
- - The True Story Behind My Tribal Marks. A woman with facial marks recounts how and why she was marked as a child, what her family intended by it, and how she has answered questions about the lines since moving abroad.
- - The True Story Behind My Tribal Marks. A woman with facial marks recounts how and why she was marked as a child, what her family intended by it, and how she has answered questions about the lines since moving abroad.
- - Documentary on tribal mark incision. Created by Vicker Visuals.. The incision itself is treated at length, from the tools and the practitioner's technique to the aftercare that raises and sets the scar, with the pattern's lineage meaning explained alongside.
- - Documentary on tribal mark incision. Created by Vicker Visuals.. The incision itself is treated at length, from the tools and the practitioner's technique to the aftercare that raises and sets the scar, with the pattern's lineage meaning explained alongside.
- - Scars of Honor - African Scarification Traditions | Dinka, Nuer, Yoruba & Tribal Identity. Dinka, Nuer and Yoruba marking traditions are compared: the forehead lines cut at Nuer initiation, the Dinka patterns tied to age set, and the Yoruba designs identifying town and lineage.
- - Scars of Honor - African Scarification Traditions | Dinka, Nuer, Yoruba & Tribal Identity. Dinka, Nuer and Yoruba marking traditions are compared: the forehead lines cut at Nuer initiation, the Dinka patterns tied to age set, and the Yoruba designs identifying town and lineage.
- - Así viví el DOLOROSO RITUAL de los HOMBRES COCODRILO. Along the Sepik in Papua New Guinea, young men undergo the initiation that raises rows of raised cuts across the back and shoulders in the pattern of crocodile skin, and the initiates and elders explain the seclusion and the healing.
- - Así viví el DOLOROSO RITUAL de los HOMBRES COCODRILO. Along the Sepik in Papua New Guinea, young men undergo the initiation that raises rows of raised cuts across the back and shoulders in the pattern of crocodile skin, and the initiates and elders explain the seclusion and the healing.
- - Sepik Initiation Ritual - Papua New Guinea. A Sepik initiation is documented from the gathering of families through the seclusion in the spirit house to the emergence of the newly marked men, with the obligations the ceremony places on them.
- - Sepik Initiation Ritual - Papua New Guinea. A Sepik initiation is documented from the gathering of families through the seclusion in the spirit house to the emergence of the newly marked men, with the obligations the ceremony places on them.
- - Ritual de las Escarificaciones Africanas, el poder de la cicatriz (Documental). Across several African communities, cicatrisation is followed from the cutting itself to the healing and raising of the keloid, with elders explaining what the finished pattern establishes about a person's standing.
- - Ritual de las Escarificaciones Africanas, el poder de la cicatriz (Documental). Across several African communities, cicatrisation is followed from the cutting itself to the healing and raising of the keloid, with elders explaining what the finished pattern establishes about a person's standing.
- - Rituales, Cicatrices y Ganado Sagrado: Tribus de Sudán del Sur. Cattle-keeping communities in South Sudan are visited through their camps and ceremonies, where scar patterns mark age sets and initiation, and herds figure in marriage, ritual and daily sustenance.
- - Rituales, Cicatrices y Ganado Sagrado: Tribus de Sudán del Sur. Cattle-keeping communities in South Sudan are visited through their camps and ceremonies, where scar patterns mark age sets and initiation, and herds figure in marriage, ritual and daily sustenance.
- - 😱 Soudan du Sud : pourquoi la tribu Larim paie-t-elle des vaches pour une épouse ?. Among the Larim of South Sudan, cattle paid as bridewealth are counted out during marriage negotiation, and the body marking worn by both women and men is explained in relation to age set and standing.
- - 😱 Soudan du Sud : pourquoi la tribu Larim paie-t-elle des vaches pour une épouse ?. Among the Larim of South Sudan, cattle paid as bridewealth are counted out during marriage negotiation, and the body marking worn by both women and men is explained in relation to age set and standing.
- - How Ami Got Tribal Marks On Her Face. The circumstances of one woman's marking are set out in full: who in the family made the decision, the practitioner who cut the pattern, the healing afterwards, and what the marks identify about her origins.
- - How Ami Got Tribal Marks On Her Face. The circumstances of one woman's marking are set out in full: who in the family made the decision, the practitioner who cut the pattern, the healing afterwards, and what the marks identify about her origins.
- - African Scarification | The Sacred Language of the Ancestors Written on the Skin. Scar patterns worn across the continent are read as a written record: lineage, age set, marriage and achievement inscribed on the skin, with the cutting technique and healing described in detail.
- - African Scarification | The Sacred Language of the Ancestors Written on the Skin. Scar patterns worn across the continent are read as a written record: lineage, age set, marriage and achievement inscribed on the skin, with the cutting technique and healing described in detail.