Kakiniit
The traditional tattoos of Inuit women, including lines on the forehead, cheeks and chin.
Also: Inuit tattoos, tunniit
Kakiniit are Inuit tattoos, worn mainly by women on the face, hands and body. They were made by sewing a needle and soot-blackened thread under the skin or by poking. Designs marked stages of life, family and skills. Missionaries in the Arctic discouraged them, and by the mid-twentieth century few women had them. Since the 2000s many Inuit women in Canada, Greenland and Alaska have revived kakiniit, often with lines on the chin.