令人印象深刻的安山岩人头战利品，哥斯达黎加，约公元 1000 - 1500 年
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在哥斯达黎加和巴拿马邻近地区的前哥伦布时期肖像画中，无头人像随处可见。记载明确表明，土著人民习惯于拿走人头作为战利品进行展示。在这个火山石例子中，闭着的眼睛和松弛的嘴巴暗示着死亡，而几何图案的紧身帽子可能是纤维制成的，因为形状暗示着扭曲的绳索或藤条状的材料。人们认为，拿走战利品人头是战士们为争夺领土、物质资源和/或领导权而发动战争的直接结果。
然而，战争还有另一个重要的维度——魔法和超自然，其中斩首可能被视为对抗巫术负面影响的必要之恶（Hoopes 2007）。巫师是强大的宗教实践者，他们保护自己的社区免受巫术的侵害，他们自己也能施展有害的咒语。直到十九世纪，哥斯达黎加东部的布里布里巫师组织了复仇动机的突袭队，杀死并斩首其他巫师。无论斩首是如何发生的，古代哥斯达黎加艺术中头颅的盛行确实表明了人们对头颅力量的特定信仰，这种信仰削弱了个人大家庭的活力，增强了斩首者的活力。
参见：Hoopes, John W.“古代哥斯达黎加的巫术和战利品头颅的获取。”《考古学跨学科贡献》，第 444-480 页，doi：10.1007/978-0-387-48303-0_17。
状况：完好，整体状况良好。此物品附带大理石展示底座。
尺寸：长度：4 1/2 英寸（11.5 厘米）
出处：米尔塔·弗吉尼亚·德·佩雷亚 (1929 - 2019) 哥斯达黎加艺术私人收藏。德·佩雷亚夫人在华盛顿特区哥斯达黎加大使馆度过了 48 年的职业生涯，从秘书做起，晋升为文化参赞和领事。她是一位热心的艺术赞助人，在她的整个职业生涯中推广了众多当地艺术家并赞助了许多文化活动。她还收集了大量令人印象深刻的拉丁美洲艺术品。1999 年退休后，她成为美国公民，并通过加入华盛顿国家歌剧院妇女委员会和其他当地团体继续支持艺术。
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