@PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish • 8 months agoAboriginal Australians used as forced labor by European settlers, 1902lemmy.worldimagemessage-square51fedilinkarrow-up1593
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minus-square@tweeks@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglish8•8 months 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-square@T00l_shed@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish3•8 months 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•8 months 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?
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Ah I was wondering as well if the scarification was a common practice amongst the aboriginal peoples of Australia. Thanks for that!
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.
Look like scars