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  2. Human tooth sharpening - Wikipedia

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    Human tooth sharpening is the practice of manually sharpening the teeth, usually the front incisors. Filed teeth are customary in various cultures. Filed teeth are customary in various cultures. Many remojadas figurines found in parts of Mexico have filed teeth and it is believed to have been common practice in their culture.

  3. Shark Island concentration camp - Wikipedia

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    A report by the German Imperial Colonial Office estimated 7,682 Herero and 2,000 Nama dead at all camps in German South West Africa, [29] of which a significant portion died at Shark Island. A military official at the camp estimated 1,032 out of 1,795 prisoners held at the camp in September 1906 having died, it is estimated that eventually only ...

  4. Sharpness (cutting) - Wikipedia

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    Sharpened metal drop-point blade Naturally occurring sharp obsidian piece Shark tooth with a sharp, serrated edge A sewing needle comes to a sharp point. Sharpness refers to the ability of a blade, point, or cutting implement to cut through materials with minimal force, and can more specifically be defined as the capacity of a surface to initiate the cut. [1]

  5. Ivory carving - Wikipedia

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    The supply of African ivory contracted greatly in the later 14th century; one result was a rise in bone carving for "marriage caskets", mirror, and religious pieces. The north Italian Embriachi workshop led this trend, supplying bone carvings even to princes and the extremely wealthy; when they used ivory it was usually hippopotamus teeth. [10]

  6. Human teeth sharpening - Wikipedia

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  7. Teeth blackening - Wikipedia

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    The process of teeth blackening begins with the sanitisation of the mouth, this was done by brushing the teeth with a mixture of dried betel, stewed charcoal powder, and salt. Before dyeing the teeth, the person who was dyeing had to chew and rinse their teeth with a rice wine-lemon juice mixture to prepare the surface of the teeth for dyeing.

  8. Thegotics - Wikipedia

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    The Greek word to describe this behaviour is thego meaning: to whet and sharpen, and metaphorically, to excite and provoke. [1] Many animals, both vertebrates and invertebrates, have evolved this behaviour. It provides the same biological advantage: shaping and sharpening teeth and tooth-like structures as tools. In some instances, as efficient ...

  9. Measures of Men - Wikipedia

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    Measures of Men (German: Der vermessene Mensch – vermessen means measured as well as presumptuous) is a 2023 German drama film directed by Lars Kraume.Starring Leonard Scheicher [] as an ethnologist, the film tells the story of the Herero and Namaqua genocide which was perpetrated in German South West Africa (now Namibia) between 1904 and 1908.