Untitled 6, Suri Woman with Body Scarification, Suri Village, Omo Valley, Ethiopia [RESTRICTED]
name: label: Collection Photographer
content: Doggett, Drew
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content: Drew Doggett Photographs
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Photographic print (color; matted, 12 x 18 in. (print); 18 x 24 in. (matted))
unitdate: label: Date
content: February 2011
container: label: Container
content: Box 1
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: EEPA.2015-009, Item EEPA.2015-009-0004
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographic prints
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Description provided by Doggett: "A Suri woman.  A permanent beautifying technique once practiced widely in Africa, body scarification entails cutting the skin with a sharp object, such as a blade or acacia thorn, so that it heals as a raised scar.  The ornate patterns of these incisions are considered beautiful, and the healing process is deliberately slowed in order to build immunity and reduce the risk of future infection."