Journey To Safo

Eugene Richards

Freelance/Natural History

At a naming ceremony, a newborn baby girl gets ritual scars on her face. Multiple incisions are made on her arms and legs and torso to get rid of the bad blood her mother gave her during delivery. Ashes are rubbed into the facial scars to deepen the scars

Eugene Richards , "Journey To Safo," in POYi Archive, Item #27740, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/27740 (accessed November 22, 2024).