IATMUL TRIBE: DECORATED HAND PAINTED
OVER MODELED HUMAN ANCESTOR SKULL WITH INLAID SHELL EYES
HUMAN BONE, PIGMENT, SHELL, CLAY
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DECORATED OVER MODELED HUMAN ANCESTOR SKULL WITH INLAID COWRY SHELL EYES |
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IATMUL TRIBE: DECORATED HAND PAINTED OVER MODELED HUMAN ANCESTOR SKULL WITH INLAID SHELL EYES HUMAN BONE, PIGMENT, SHELL, CLAY |
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HAND PAINT AND INLAY SHELLS INTO OVER MODELED SKULLS OF THEIR DECEASED ANCESTORS. THE DAYAK, IFUGAO, AND NAGA HUMAN SKULLS ARE HEAD HUNTING TROPHIES. THE ASMAT "ANCESTOR" SKULLS. THE DIFFERENCE IS; HEAD HUNTED SKULLS ARE ACQUIRED FROM ENEMY ANCESTOR SKULLS ARE COLLECTED AND VENERATED TO REMEMBER DECEASED FAMILY MEMBERS. THE IFUGAO COLLECT BONES OF DEAD RELATIVES; WRAP THEM IN TRIBAL TEXTILES, AND STORE THEM IN THE RAFTERS UNDER THEIR HUTS. HUMAN SKULLS AND SKULL CAPS FROM NEPAL ARE RITUAL OFFERTORY VESSELS THAT ARE USED AS DRINKING CUPS IN TIBETAN BUDDHIST CEREMONIES. |
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