Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Pitts Rivers Museum

In June I went to the Pitts Rivers Museum in Oxford. Its the most random place I've ever been, rows and rows of glass cupboards, and draws you can open with Voodoo dolls stashed inside. It basically looks at art, design, culture, and religion from all over the world throughout history. I recommend this visit. The best thing I saw was the Shrunken Heads of the Jivaro Indians in South America...


You can just see them in the middle (things with the long hair).
Immediately following a battle, the head of the enemy would be taken as a "trophy", which indicated that the maker properly fulfilled the obligation to his lineage in taking blood revenge.

They basically boil them and sew things up, pretty disgusting. The funny thing is this was referred to as "Head Hunting" in Britain the heads of Traitors were put on posts in Medieval Times...We still use the ter "Head Hunting" in Business.

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