This photograph of a woman in Nubia was taken between 1890 and 1923. It comes from the Carpenter Collection in the Library of Congress. The original photograph, labeled Soudanaise, is attributed to G. Lékégian, an Armenian painter and photographer. Facial scarification, called shulukh, was common in parts of Sudan at this time. In this article, Wisal Bakheet shares information about facial scarification in Sudan.
