Comments on: Damien Hirst’s diamond encrusted Skull & Jeweled Skulls in Archaeology

By: AC

AC — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:12:21 +0000

Does anyone Know how much one of those Mayan jade teeth are worth?

By: aman rehman

aman rehman — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 15:20:51 +0000

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By: For the Love of God - Sincretismo contemporâneo e arqueológico ou apenas exaltação de cifras. | Coletivo Marte

Mon, 07 Jun 2010 18:31:30 +0000

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By: The Future Belongs To Moi « Hobo Homo

The Future Belongs To Moi « Hobo Homo — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 20:35:07 +0000

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By: Catherine

Catherine — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:09:39 +0000

FreeToThink….
To the Aztec (and similar cultures) worshiping their God’s was highly important. They did not see art in the same way that we do, to them their ‘art’ served a purpose, it was simply a way of life, rather than a part of life, they had a far more intimate relationship with art than a ‘ready made’ on a pedestal… or a deer head on a wall. To them visual language and Symbolism was a familiar way to communicate, they surrounded their lives with intricately carved objects, sculptures and pyramids in the name of their Gods.

That mask, carefully decorated to look like Tezcatlipoca with semi-precious stones, would be worn by an important priest during lunar times of celebration for the God (their calendar was lunar based). Turquoise was used for its beautiful colour. If you are making something for someone as important as the Aztec’s importance of their Gods, wouldn’t you use the most cherished and beautiful materials you could get your hands on?
To the Aztecs, when someone dressed as a god they sincerely felt that they became that god on Earth.

At the right time of year, the main ritual for worshiping Tezcatlipoca involved a single youth chosen by the Priests, they would treat him luxuriously for a year as he was made into an impersonation of Tezcatlipoca, and he would be given four beautiful wives who impersonated four Goddesses. His last week was spent singing, feasting, dancing and playing a flute in the streets. On his last day he would apparently climb the pyramid, break his flute and surrender his body to the priests, his head would be cut off and his still-beating heart cut out.

I wasn’t 100% sure what you were asking/ getting at.
I hoped that this might answer some questions. (Even if it was during 2008)

By: shannon

shannon — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 18:48:27 +0000

Some of my friends call the art of encrusting skulls ‘distastfully mideval,’ I beg to differ. However excrusiating it must have been getting de-fleshed, it’s a tradition dating back thousands of years, as long as mankind has making shrunkin heads.

By: onix

onix — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:12:42 +0000

they are defleshed when still alive, ofcourse. i think you seek arguments not to take me serious and i dont have time to waste it like that.

By: Kambiz

Kambiz — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 01:32:33 +0000

Onix, early hominids fossils are fossils. There isn’t any flesh on a fossil.

Your argument that skulls have been remembered as a significant structure for millions of years is also horribly flawed. What do you even mean?

By: onix

onix — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:02:45 +0000

want to point out many many early hominid skull finds are suggestively stored away safely, treated, defleshed, and often found deeper in the caves then the habitation layers. the markapansgat pebble also suggests skulls were a familiar sight.
i think it is underresearched, tho i know of some (even older) attempts of compilation. the idea skulls served a memorial function for millions of years has been in the mind of more then one famous anthropologist. Also i think a comprising statistical research remains undone, the last attempt to extrapolation being from i think the 1960s.

By: A Arte de Amy Sarkisian | CURIOSIDADES NA NET

A Arte de Amy Sarkisian | CURIOSIDADES NA NET — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:11:59 +0000

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