body alterations

Scope Note

Scarification and tattooing; cranial deformations; tooth filing and removal; piercing of ears, nose, and lips; genital mutilation (e.g., castration, circumcision, clitoridectomy); age, gender, and status differences; special techniques and apparatus; associated beliefs; etc.

Identifier

Broader Term

• 300 adornment

Related Terms

• 158 personality disorders
• 681 sanctions
• 683 offenses against the person
• 727 aftermath of combat
• 785 asceticism
• 832 sexual stimulation
• 839 miscellaneous sex behavior
• 852 ceremonial during infancy and childhood
• 881 puberty and initiation