That’s part of ceremonial scarification, there are several mobs and groups of indigenous peoples where this is a sacred cultural practice.
Though in many cases the British used the evidence of ritual scarification as some kind of proof that aboriginal people didn’t feel pain the same way Europeans did, so you had to whip them harder and longer than white prisoners for the same transgressions.
What’s up with the scarring(?) on their chests?
Probably from whipping but because it’s on their chest it’s possible it’s purposeful scarification
No, they did it to themselves. Look up aboriginal scarring. It was body art.
So then it’s purposeful scarification like I said it was possible to be.
That’s part of ceremonial scarification, there are several mobs and groups of indigenous peoples where this is a sacred cultural practice.
Though in many cases the British used the evidence of ritual scarification as some kind of proof that aboriginal people didn’t feel pain the same way Europeans did, so you had to whip them harder and longer than white prisoners for the same transgressions.