The religious significance of women's scarification among the Tiv
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2510771 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bruce Lincoln (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1975 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 316-326 |
| Publication date | 1975-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Africa (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0001-9720 • E-ISSN: 1750-0184 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1159636 |
| OpenAlex | W2171117879 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 5 |
Opening ParagraphAn elaborate and exceedingly beautiful pattern of scarification is found on the stomachs of Tiv women (see Figs. 1-8). These scars are applied around the time of puberty, and the same basic pattern is placed on the stomach of each girl. Occasionally these scars are referred to as 'the circumcision of women', but for the most part they are said to be meaningless, having only an aesthetic significance. Such statements need not necessarily be accepted at face value, though, as deeper meanings may be forgotten, deliberately concealed, or so commonly known as to be thought unworthy of mention. It is the purpose of this paper, written by a historian of religions, rather than an anthropologist or Africanist, to explore the possibility that these patterns carry some greater importance than is commonly recognized
Aesthetics · Art · Biology · Developmental psychology · Face (sociological concept · Girl · Linguistics · Literature · Paragraph · Scarification · Scars · Value (mathematics · Wish · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · History · Law · Medicine · Philosophy · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.09 |
| Citation span | 1979 - 2022 (44) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |