Chin face tattoos
The face tattoos once given to girls among several Chin peoples in western Myanmar.
Also: Chin facial tattoos
Among several Chin peoples, girls were tattooed on the face from their early teens, with patterns that differ by group: the Muun near Mindat wear dotted lines and a pattern often compared to the letter B, while other groups cover the whole face in fine lines. The practice was discouraged by missionaries and banned by the state in the mid-twentieth century, and most tattooed women today are elderly. Accounts of its purpose differ.