Jack Palance
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NAGA TRIBE: HEAD HUNTING HUMAN TROPHY SKULL #7
DECORATED IN BOVINE HORN AND HAND CARVED WOODEN KNIVES
HUMAN SKULL, FEATHERS, WOOD, FIBER, RATTAN
-from the astounding website:
http://www.tribalartasia.com
DECORATED IN BOVINE HORN AND HAND CARVED WOODEN KNIVES
HUMAN SKULL, FEATHERS, WOOD, FIBER, RATTAN
-from the astounding website:
http://www.tribalartasia.com
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6/27/12
Set of sixty miniature heads used in phrenology, Manchester, England, 1831
Phrenology originated with Franz Joseph Gall (1758-1828), a German physician, assisted by his colleague, Johann Kaspar Spurzheim (1809-72). Phrenologists believed that the shape and size of various areas of the brain (and therefore the overlying skull) determined personality. Gall and Spurzheim eventually disagreed and went on to promote rival systems of phrenology. These heads are numbered according to Spurzheim’s classification. The heads may have been used to teach phrenology but were probably made as a general reference collection. A wide range of different heads are present. For instance, head number 54 is that of a scientific man; head number 8 is recorded as the head of an ‘idiot’. The heads were made by William Bally, who studied under Spurzheim from 1828 onwards.
6/26/12
Australopithecus Africanus (southern ape of Africa), as reconstructed by paleoartist John Gurche.
- Sts5 was nicknamed Mrs. Ples (although the skull is now thought to belong to a male) and it was discovered in 1947.
- Dynamite once was used for excavating sites to speed up the process and Sts 5 was blown in two at the time of its extraction from the breccia (a cement-like rock).
Smithsonian Institute's Human Origin Program
6/25/12
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ROSACEA.
Acne rosacea, brandy or wine nose.
-A chronic inflammation of the skin of the face, more especially of the nose, cheeks, and chin, characterized by the presence of diffuse redness, dilated blood-vessels, and inflammatory papules and pustules, and ending in hypertrophy of the integument of the part."
Illustrated Skin Diseases- An Atlas and Text-Book With Special Reference To Modern Diagnosis and the Most Approved Methods Of Treatment- By William S. Gottheil
Second Edition, 1902
Acne rosacea, brandy or wine nose.
-A chronic inflammation of the skin of the face, more especially of the nose, cheeks, and chin, characterized by the presence of diffuse redness, dilated blood-vessels, and inflammatory papules and pustules, and ending in hypertrophy of the integument of the part."
Illustrated Skin Diseases- An Atlas and Text-Book With Special Reference To Modern Diagnosis and the Most Approved Methods Of Treatment- By William S. Gottheil
Second Edition, 1902
Impetigo Contagiosa
"Definition.- An acute inflammatory contagious disease, marked by the appearance of one or more isolated vesicles or pustules, drying up into yellow adherent crusts."
Illustrated Skin Diseases- An Atlas and Text-Book With Special Reference To Modern Diagnosis and the Most Approved Methods Of Treatment- By William S. Gottheil
Second Edition, 1902
"Definition.- An acute inflammatory contagious disease, marked by the appearance of one or more isolated vesicles or pustules, drying up into yellow adherent crusts."
Illustrated Skin Diseases- An Atlas and Text-Book With Special Reference To Modern Diagnosis and the Most Approved Methods Of Treatment- By William S. Gottheil
Second Edition, 1902
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Judy Garland
The Wizard Of Oz (1939)
Despite her professional triumphs, Garland battled personal problems throughout her life. Insecure about her appearance, her feelings were compounded by film executives who told her she was unattractive and manipulated her on-screen physical appearance. She was plagued by financial instability, often owing hundreds of thousands of dollars in back taxes. She married five times, with her first four marriages ending in divorce. She had a long struggle with alcohol and drug use during most of her career, dying of an accidental drug overdose at the age of 47.
-Wiki
The Wizard Of Oz (1939)
Despite her professional triumphs, Garland battled personal problems throughout her life. Insecure about her appearance, her feelings were compounded by film executives who told her she was unattractive and manipulated her on-screen physical appearance. She was plagued by financial instability, often owing hundreds of thousands of dollars in back taxes. She married five times, with her first four marriages ending in divorce. She had a long struggle with alcohol and drug use during most of her career, dying of an accidental drug overdose at the age of 47.
-Wiki
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6/10/12
“His Unlucky Day” by James Mangrum
An Interview with Mangrum on how this 1:1 replica bust of Jason Voorhees from Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter came to be:
http://www.fridaythe13thfranchise.com/2011/03/interview-james-mangrum-shows-jason-his.html
An Interview with Mangrum on how this 1:1 replica bust of Jason Voorhees from Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter came to be:
http://www.fridaythe13thfranchise.com/2011/03/interview-james-mangrum-shows-jason-his.html
6/5/12
Maurice Tillet, The French Angel (1903-1954)
-Diagnosed at the age of 17 with acromegaly - a syndrome that results when the anterior pituitary gland produces excess growth hormone (GH) after epiphyseal plate closure at puberty.
-Tillet had a successful career as a professional wrestler from 1937 - 1953.
-He competed against Tor Johnson, who was billed as The Swedish Angel, on several occasions.
-Known as "The French Angel" and “Freak Ogre of the Ring”,
-The computer-animated cartoon character Shrek was modeled after him.
-Diagnosed at the age of 17 with acromegaly - a syndrome that results when the anterior pituitary gland produces excess growth hormone (GH) after epiphyseal plate closure at puberty.
-Tillet had a successful career as a professional wrestler from 1937 - 1953.
-He competed against Tor Johnson, who was billed as The Swedish Angel, on several occasions.
-Known as "The French Angel" and “Freak Ogre of the Ring”,
-The computer-animated cartoon character Shrek was modeled after him.
6/4/12
Head of a Mummified Cat
Egyptian Late Period to Ptolemaic
c. 664–30 BCE
The Egyptians viewed their gods not as spirits but as intelligences that could be personified in a body. The earliest evidence of cats as deities comes from a 3100BC crystal cup decorated with an image of the lion-headed goddess Mafdet. The goddess Bast was originally depicted as a fiercely protective and warlike lion, like Sekhmet, but as Bastet's image "softened" over time she became more strongly associated with domestic cats.
As cats were sacred to Bast, the practice of mummification was extended to them, and the respect that cats received after death mirrored the respect they were treated with in everyday life. The Greek historian Herodotus wrote that in the event of a fire, men would guard the fire to make certain that no cats ran into the flame. Herodotus also wrote that when a cat died, the household would go into mourning as if for a human relative, and would often shave their eyebrows to signify their loss.
A colossal tomb at the temple of Bast was discovered in 1888. This tomb, outside of Beni Hasan, held more than nineteen tonnes of animal mummies and remains, the vast majority being cats..
The farmer who made the discovery sold most of the tomb's contents to be ground up as fertilizer.
-wiki
Egyptian Late Period to Ptolemaic
c. 664–30 BCE
The Egyptians viewed their gods not as spirits but as intelligences that could be personified in a body. The earliest evidence of cats as deities comes from a 3100BC crystal cup decorated with an image of the lion-headed goddess Mafdet. The goddess Bast was originally depicted as a fiercely protective and warlike lion, like Sekhmet, but as Bastet's image "softened" over time she became more strongly associated with domestic cats.
As cats were sacred to Bast, the practice of mummification was extended to them, and the respect that cats received after death mirrored the respect they were treated with in everyday life. The Greek historian Herodotus wrote that in the event of a fire, men would guard the fire to make certain that no cats ran into the flame. Herodotus also wrote that when a cat died, the household would go into mourning as if for a human relative, and would often shave their eyebrows to signify their loss.
A colossal tomb at the temple of Bast was discovered in 1888. This tomb, outside of Beni Hasan, held more than nineteen tonnes of animal mummies and remains, the vast majority being cats..
The farmer who made the discovery sold most of the tomb's contents to be ground up as fertilizer.
-wiki
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