A woman wearing a lip plate.
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Body art is possibly one of the oldest forms of art. Because evidence of body art disappears when it washes off or people die, we don't really know for sure how long people have been marking, decorating, embellishing, and/or expressing themselves on their bodies. Most of class today was spent watching a video on body art and answering questions about it. Some of the types of body art we learned about included: * tattoos (including traditional Maori tattoos, which were carved into the skin, and Irezumi, which covers the entire body) * feet binding, which took place in ancient China * the art of the Geisha in Japan * the history of the Asarco Mud Men * religious cheek piercing that take place on the island of Kuket * the Crocodile Man scarification ritual practiced by the Manbetu people of Central Africa HOMEWORK: Henna designs and question for Seema due Mon 9/18