East Sahara, Ennedi (Baele/Bideyat) -- Lip Tattooing
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.46; E00909
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Institut für den Wissenschaftlichen Film (Göttingen, Germany)
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content: Institut Für Den Wissenschaftlichen Filmen (IWF) Encyclopaedia Cinematographica film collection
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (15 minutes, color silent, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1963
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Edited film: in this part of Chad lip tattooing is a rite of passage for girls entering womanhood. The lower lip is tattooed by puncturing the skin with acacia thorns and rubbing black dye and soot into the wound. The candidate does her best to suppress the pain as the process is repeated several times. Because of swelling, the lip must then be supported by a special type of headgear.
Legacy Keywords: Chad ; East Sahara, Ennedi ; Africa; Baele/Bideyat