May 16, 2007

Trophy Heads


The Nazca prided themselves on their massive collection of trophy heads. Trophy heads are heads either painted or real heads of their enemies. They are a symbol of sacrifice and appear often on Nazca pottery. When the Nazca got a prisoner they would remove the persons head and take out their brain. Then they would keep the lips shut by two cacti needles so that the person would never speak again.

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