@PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agoAboriginal Australians used as forced labor by European settlers, 1902lemmy.worldimagemessage-square79fedilinkarrow-up1603arrow-down114
arrow-up1589arrow-down1imageAboriginal Australians used as forced labor by European settlers, 1902lemmy.world@PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agomessage-square79fedilink
minus-square@tweeks@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglish8•2 years agoWhat is with the odd looking rib cages; I guess these are torture burn/whip marks, as they don’t look like regular ribs at all?
minus-squareDeceptichumlinkfedilink7•2 years agohttps://australian.museum/about/history/exhibitions/body-art/aboriginal-scarification/
minus-square@T00l_shed@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 years agoAh I was wondering as well if the scarification was a common practice amongst the aboriginal peoples of Australia. Thanks for that!
minus-square@PugJesus@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 years agoI think it might be ritual scarification, but it could be torture marks as well. I’m not well-versed on this period or region of history.
What is with the odd looking rib cages; I guess these are torture burn/whip marks, as they don’t look like regular ribs at all?
https://australian.museum/about/history/exhibitions/body-art/aboriginal-scarification/
Ah I was wondering as well if the scarification was a common practice amongst the aboriginal peoples of Australia. Thanks for that!
Look like scars
I think it might be ritual scarification, but it could be torture marks as well. I’m not well-versed on this period or region of history.