Vessel depicting a trophy head. Peru, Nasca civilization, 350-450 AD [2100×2100]

[Museum](https://museum.doaks.org/objects-1/info/22570). A human trophy head stares with open eyes, prominent eyebrows, painted cheeks, and lips sealed shut with cactus spines. It wears a headband with geometric motifs surmounted by a series of colorful hummingbirds that appear to pierce the band with their beaks. Hummingbirds are typically associated with plants and fertility, and, in some parts of modern-day Peru, they are thought to embody the spirits of the dead who come to revisit those they knew in life.