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scarification

Summary

scarification ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,796 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • scarification is a type of body modification[2].
  • scarification's Commons category is recorded as Scarification[3].
  • scarification began on 5000 BC[4].
  • scarification's different from is recorded as Scarification[5].
  • scarification's practiced by is recorded as scarification artist[6].

Body

Definition and Type

scarification is a type of body modification[2].

Why It Matters

scarification ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,796 views/month).[1] scarification has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7] scarification is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[8]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . doi.org. doi.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). scarification. Retrieved October 7, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/scarification
MLA “scarification.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 7 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/scarification.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_scarification_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{scarification}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/scarification}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-07}}
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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2h ago · Breogan2008 · 2026-10-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → African scarification in the early 1940s (detailed).jpg
    Wikipedia languages → ['bg', 'ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'da', 'dag', 'de', 'din', 'en', 'es', 'et', 'fa',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P18]]: African scarification in the early 1940s (detailed).jpg"
  2. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Start time → -5000-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Practiced by → scarification artist
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007542146705171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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