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Geometric marks on skin.
Also known as: Berber tattoo, Amazigh body marking
The North African tradition of geometric skin marking, now largely discontinued.
Marked the skin in Amazigh communities across North Africa, chiefly among women.
Contexts: History, Public information
Shares its geometric repertoire with Tifinagh letterforms and with weaving patterns, so the same figures appear on skin, on cloth and on stone — one visual vocabulary across three media.
Contexts: History, Public information
Largely discontinued within living memory, and interpretations of individual motifs offered now are reconstructions from a practice that ended before it was systematically recorded.
Motif interpretations are reconstructions of a practice that has largely ended.
Contexts: History, Public information
Small geometric figures — lines, crosses, chevrons, lozenges — worked on the face, hands and ankles, drawn from the same repertoire as Tifinagh letters and woven patterns.
A fuller structured visual breakdown is not yet documented for this symbol.