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WorldNose jewellery
Ornaments worn through nostril or septum piercings.Adornment · Most faces
🇯🇵 JapanOhaguro
A Japanese tradition of blackening teeth with iron and tannins.Makeup · 1000
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreSindoor
A vermilion powder worn by married Hindu women to mark marital status.Makeup
WorldLabret
A body piercing placed below the bottom lip and above the chin.Adornment
🇩🇿 Algeria and 4 moreAfrican scarification
Traditional skin marking practices across Africa for identity and status.Marking
🇳🇬 NigeriaIchi
Ritual facial scarification of the Igbo people marking nobility.Marking
🇮🇳 IndiaIndigenous Tattoos of the Indian Subcontinent
Traditional body marking for identity and protection in South Asia.Marking
🇮🇳 IndiaKumkum
Red forehead powder used for religious and social markings in India.Adornment · Most faces
🇺🇸 United StatesGrill
Removable dental jewelry worn over teeth for fashion and status.Adornment · 1980
WorldMoustache
Facial hair grown above the upper lip and under the nose.Moustache · Most faces
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreNath
Traditional nose ornament worn in South Asia and the Middle East.Adornment · Most faces
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Nose jewellery: Etan Doronne @ www.myindiaexperience.com, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Ohaguro: Utagawa Kunisada, Public domain, source
- Sindoor: Masum-al-hasan, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Labret: Metalhead64, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- African scarification: Kathy Gerber (kathleen.gerber), CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Kumkum: Thamizhpparithi Maari, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Moustache: VAZHAR, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Grill: Bradley G., CC BY 2.0, source