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🇫🇷 FranceLorgnette
Spectacles mounted on a handle for holding in place.Frame · 1770
🇯🇵 JapanHikimayu
A pre-modern Japanese practice of removing natural eyebrows and painting new ones on the forehead.Makeup
🇲🇲 MyanmarTattooing in Myanmar
Traditional body art of Myanmar's ethnic groups, marking strength and identity.Marking
🇳🇿 New ZealandTā moko
Traditional permanent facial and body markings of the Māori people of New Zealand.Marking
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreSindoor
A vermilion powder worn by married Hindu women to mark marital status.Makeup
🇨🇦 CanadaKakiniit
Traditional facial and body tattoos of Inuit women in the North American Arctic.Marking
🇺🇸 United StatesTavlugun
A traditional chin tattoo worn by Indigenous Iñupiaq women.Marking
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreYidiiltoo
Traditional face tattoos of Hän Gwich’in women from Alaska and Canada.Marking
🇧🇭 Bahrain and 4 moreBattoulah
A metallic fashion mask worn by women in the Persian Gulf region.Adornment
🇮🇳 India and 2 moreGodna
Traditional tribal face and body tattooing from IndiaMarking
WorldBrow ridge
The bony crest above the eye sockets that supports facial structure and protects the eyes.Brows
🇩🇿 Algeria and 3 moreAmazigh facial tattoos
Traditional geometric skin markings of North African Amazigh women.Marking
🇹🇼 TaiwanAtayal facial tattoos
Traditional markings of the Atayal people in Taiwan, signifying skill and spiritual passage.Marking
🇮🇳 IndiaApatani facial tattoos
Facial tattoos and nose plugs of Apatani women in IndiaMarking
🇯🇵 JapanAinu lip tattoos
Traditional facial markings worn by Ainu women to mark maturity and protect the spirit.Marking
🇲🇲 MyanmarChin facial tattoos
Traditional facial ink patterns worn by Chin women in Myanmar.Marking
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Lorgnette: Museum Rotterdam, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Hikimayu: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Tattooing in Myanmar: Unknown author, CC BY 4.0, source
- Tā moko: Gottfried Lindauer, Public domain, source
- Sindoor: Masum-al-hasan, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Kakiniit: Henry Busse, Public domain, source
- Yidiiltoo: Internet Archive Book Images, No restrictions, source
- Battoulah: Ibraheem Al-Shiwaish, CC BY 2.0, source
- Godna: Shivangi Lokras, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Brow ridge: Falbygdens museum, CC BY-SA 1.0, source