Chief Comcomly's Skull / Discussion

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Wasn't Sure Where to Place This One

quarkstomper 14 Sep 2011 14:33

If it were more about Chief Comcomly himself, I would have classed it under People; but this piece was more about how the intersection between the tribal practice of skull-flattening intersected with the scientific fad of phrenology to result in the theft of his head by an enthusiastic doctor.

I used Relic as the home page; although his skull was a scientific curiousity rather than an object of veneration. I suppose I could have used Grave Robbing or Decapitation instead.

Any thoughts?

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The Colonel 15 Sep 2011 12:40

I'd almost suggest hanging it off "Corpse", but since that is un-parented "relic" is as good a place as any … if the Chinook practice ancestor worship it may qualify as a "genuine" relic anyway. I have no idea if they do/did - IIRC shamanism was pretty universal amongst the Amerindian tribes but I have no idea if ancestor spirits played a significant role…

quarkstomper 15 Sep 2011 18:31

I suppose it will do for now. Maybe someday we'll establish a page that would work better; like a List of Famous Decapitated Persons or something.

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"All the World's a Stage and Everyone's a Critic" — Mervyn Alquist