@[email protected]M to [email protected]English • 8 months agoAboriginal Australians used as forced labor by European settlers, 1902lemmy.worldimagemessage-square78fedilinkarrow-up1601arrow-down114
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish8•8 months agoWhat is with the odd looking rib cages; I guess these are torture burn/whip marks, as they don’t look like regular ribs at all?
minus-squareDeceptichumlinkfedilink7•8 months agohttps://australian.museum/about/history/exhibitions/body-art/aboriginal-scarification/
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•8 months agoAh I was wondering as well if the scarification was a common practice amongst the aboriginal peoples of Australia. Thanks for that!
minus-square@[email protected]OPMlinkfedilinkEnglish2•8 months agoI think it might be ritual scarification, but it could be torture marks as well. I’m not well-versed on this period or region of history.
What is with the odd looking rib cages; I guess these are torture burn/whip marks, as they don’t look like regular ribs at all?
https://australian.museum/about/history/exhibitions/body-art/aboriginal-scarification/
Ah I was wondering as well if the scarification was a common practice amongst the aboriginal peoples of Australia. Thanks for that!
Look like scars
I think it might be ritual scarification, but it could be torture marks as well. I’m not well-versed on this period or region of history.