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Decorative scarring, Belgian Congo, Central Africa

Four people of the Belgian Congo (now Democratic Republic of the Congo), Central Africa. Showing decorative face and body scars, made by cutting with a knife and inserting irritating material to make the flesh swell

Picture No
12017614
Media ID
47675876
Size
3598px x 5507px (8.1MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Photograph in Peoples of All Nations, edited by J A Hammerton, Harmsworth, No.4, April 1922
Date
1922

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