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I put together a captivating compilation of my favorite spin art skulls, all created with vibrant colors and energetic motion ...
The new Ironheart poster, created by artist Nikkolas Smith, features protagonist Riri Williams donning an Iron Man-esque mask, surrounded by interwoven veins. The painterly style ...
A child’s skull found in Argentina reveals how ancient indigenous peoples practiced skull shaping as part of their cultural ...
When the night of the show finally came, the audience was amped up with anticipation. Families and friends gathered outside the concert hall, each holding flowers and grinning ear-to-ear as they were ...
The Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford is reconsidering its display of shrunken heads, which are currently shown in a case labelled Treatment of Dead Enemies. These human heads with skin and hair, known ...
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A peer has called for a change in law amid an outcry over the “grossly disrepectful” auction listing of human and ancestral remains, including shrunken heads and skulls, from across the world ...
In September 2020, the museum removed a collection of shrunken heads from its collection as part of what it refers to as its decolonization process. Museum staff removed human remains from its ...
The Swan auction house in Tetsworth, Oxfordshire withdrew more than two dozen lots from an upcoming auction titled “The Curious Collector Sale,” including an 18th-century Tsantsa shrunken head ...
This is an audio transcript of the Life and Art from FT Weekend podcast episode: ‘Why museums should keep their mummies and shrunken heads ’ Marc Filippino Welcome to Life and Art from FT Weekend.