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

A treatment which has been highly recommended consists in prompt and vigorous scarification at the site of puncture and rubbing crystals of potassium permanganate into the wound.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.