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| Keywords: Scarification designs, Congo, ca. 1900-1915 (IMP-CSCNWW33-OS10-14).jpg Belgian Congo present day Democratic Republic of the Congo Throughout Africa flat and raised scars were used on the skin in often geometric designs as a form of body modification that reflected life stages ethnic belonging a form of enhancing beauty or a test of endurance The raised scars pictured were probably made by raising skin with a tool and then slicing it with a blade after which the healing process would be controlled to form the desired shape The Congo had some of the most intricate scarification designs in Africa particularly amongst women For men scarification was often a sign of endurance and suitability for the battle field The Tabwa and Luba Bantu-speaking people in the Congo practised scarification The Tabwa people's philosophy was based on duality and geometric symmetrical scarification designs reflected this Scarification amongst the Luba people was made up of different shapes which when combined in different ways created different meanings Through scarification meaning is invested in the body thus preserving cultural memory This slide comes from a collection generated by missionaries working for the Congo Balolo Mission a mission begun in 1889 under the supervision of the East London Training Institute for Home and Foreign Missions that developed into the interdenominational evangelical mission Regions Beyond Missionary Union after 1900 Photographer Unknown Filename IMP-CSCNWW33-OS10-14 tif Coverage date 1900/1915 Subject unesco Indigenous peoples; Ethnic groups Part of collection International Mission Photography Archive ca 1860-ca 1960 Part of subcollection Photographs from the Centre for the Study of World Christianity University of Edinburgh U K ca 1900-ca 1940s Subject corporate name Congo Balolo Mission Repository name Centre for the Study of World Christianity Archival file Volume2/IMP-CSCNWW33-OS10-14 tif Repository address The University of Edinburgh School of Divinity New College Mound Place Edinburgh EH1 2LX United Kingdom Geographic subject country Congo Format aacr2 lantern slides 8 2 x 8 2cm Geographic subject continent Africa Rights Contact the repository for details Part of series Regions Beyond Missionary Union Congo Lantern Slides CSCNWW33/OS10 Repository email divinity-CSWC ed ac uk Date created 1900/1915 Publisher of the digital version University of Southern California Libraries Subject aat genre portraits Format aat lantern slides; photographs Access conditions http //www ed ac uk/schools-departments/divinity/research/centres/world-christianity/collections-resources File CSCNWW33/OS10/14 Subject lcsh Scarification body marking 1900/1915 date created author http //digitallibrary usc edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll123/id/78044 PD-old-70-1923 Men of Africa 1910s Scarification in the Democratic Republic of the Congo 1910 People of the Democratic Republic of the Congo 1910s Congo-Balolo Mission Male 20th-century black and white portrait photographs of men Magic lantern images Images from USC Digital Library uploaded by Fæ International Mission Photography Archive ca 1860-ca 1960 Men with scarification | ||||
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