STUNNING LIFE SIZE DAYAK WOOD TRIBAL HEAD HUNTED HUMAN SKULL SHAMAN BOARD RESIN
Item History & Price
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Officially, headhunting do not exist in Borneo, though isolated jungle beheadings are still reported. In former times, menwould awaken the spirit of courage, BaliAkang, to assist them during headhunting expeditions. After decapitating theenemy, great homecoming celebrations awaited returning warriors. The brainswere carefully extracted through the nostrils, then fresh ulu (heads) wereplaced in plaited rattan nets and smoke-cured over fires.This is an original board brought back from In...donesia by me and has been a part of my personal collection for a few years. The human skull is made from resin cast from a real human skull I use to own so very authentic looking, it could easily be removed and replaced with a real human skull. Comes with a heavy metal stand I had made for it which bumps the shipping up.Dried skulls provided the most powerful magic in the world, vitaltransfusions of energy. A good head could save a village from plague, producerain, ward off evil spirits, or triple rice yields. Dayak people believed aman's spirit continued to inhabit his head after death. Surrounded by palmleaves, heads were offered food and cigarettes—already lit for smoking—so theirspirits would forgive, forget, and feel welcome in their new home. New headsincreased the prestige of the owner and impressed sweethearts; they were aninitiation into manhood. In some tribes a head's power increased over time, cherished skulls were handed down from generation to generation, in othertribes a heads magic faded away with age, so fresh heads were always needed, villages without ulu were spiritually weak-easy prey for enemies andpestilence. In remote villages of Kalimantan, travelers still come across skulls usually not fresh.Height: 29 inches...74cm.Width: 9 inches...23cm.PLEASE NOTEDue to the size, shape and being slightly fragile, some pieces will have to be specially wrapped, boxed and insured for loss only which shows in the shipping cost, I do not intend to take any chances with these pieces, better safe than sorry, it would be heart breaking to think it arrived broken and deserves looking after.I LIST NEW ITEMS EVERY WEEK, CHECK OUT MY WEIRD AND WONDERFUL ITEMS UP FOR AUCTION.PAYPAL ONLYREAD THIS BEFORE YOU BIDThe Thai postal service charges $30.00 a kilo by air, land sea is a lot cheaper but takes longer. I cannot be held responsible for your countries import taxes or any other duties that have to be paid or control what Thai post charges for shipping. All items shipped with a tracking number.Shipping from Thailand can take between 14 to 28 days depending on the postal service and area so please be patient.Thai post will not ship to Brazil, Spain or The Russian Federation and many other eastern block countries so I can only use EMS which is about double the shipping rate quoted but twice as quick taking between 7-10 days. So please contact me first for a quote before you buy.I do my best to bring you unique and sometimes very rare items. I can sell you an item, wrap it as carefully as I can and then ship it to you. I cannot control what Thai post charges for shipping or tell you the exact time it takes to arrive to you, and can only give you a rough idea from past dealings, I have no control what so ever over any postal service's or U.S. customs. I use bubble wrap and peanuts to cushion each item from possible mishandling during shipping. If for any reason, the item is broken, please email within 24 hours along with pictures of the broken item, original box inside and outside.I try to take good photo's with different angles, I also put all the information I know about the piece on the page including Height, Width and Weight, I also state clearly at the bottom of the page what it will cost me to ship it to you, I do not charge for the box and wrapping which is also expensive here as it has to be imported.
