Two textile figures holding a pouch and trophy head. Peru, Chancay culture, 1300-1438 AD [1720×1600] by MunakataSennin
October 28, 2025White marble statue of Asita, the hermit who foretold the Buddha’s enlightenment (Ming dynasty, 1368–1644) – Lüshun Museum [3024×4032] [OC]
October 27, 2025Nördlingen is a medieval town in Germany, that was built in an impact crater 15 million years old and 25 km in diameter—the Nördlinger Ries—of a meteorite which hit with an estimated speed of 70,000 km/h, and left the area riddled with an estimated 72,000 tons of micro-diamonds [1200×900]
October 27, 2025The Langstrup Belt Plate is a 3400-year-old bronze belt plate with a diameter of 28 cm, which was found in 1879 in a bog in North Zealand, Denmark. Now housed at the National Museum in Copenhagen [3379×5986]
MunakataSennin on October 27, 2025 2:02 pm [Museum 1](https://www.vmfa.museum/artworks/figure-with-a-pouch-59632), [Museum 2](https://www.vmfa.museum/artworks/figure-holding-a-trophy-head-59613)
RedDemonTaoist on October 27, 2025 2:16 pm Is that a woman with the trophy head? The museum site doesn’t have a description. Not that I’m very knowledgeable about it, but I didn’t know women were associated with trophy heads.
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[Museum 1](https://www.vmfa.museum/artworks/figure-with-a-pouch-59632), [Museum 2](https://www.vmfa.museum/artworks/figure-holding-a-trophy-head-59613)
Is that a woman with the trophy head? The museum site doesn’t have a description.
Not that I’m very knowledgeable about it, but I didn’t know women were associated with trophy heads.