Discovery Collection: In my Mother's Hands #40

Discovery Collection

Piece #40 of 100

Portrait of a Mundari child in his mother's hands who shows the signs of scarification. The scarification is a permanent body modification involving scratching, etching or burning into the skin. In the process of body scarification, scars are purposely formed by cutting or branding the skin by various methods. The reasons for scarification could be aesthetic, religious or social.