scarification

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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

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

The spikes and lines covering their bodies suggest ritual scarification.

From New York Times • Mar. 10, 2021

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