I-Real Thing noma i-Clever Fake?
I-Tsanta yizinhloko ezihloniphekile zakwa-shvunken zezizwe zaseJivaro zase- Ecuador nasePeru (bheka isithombe ).
Izizwe zaseJivaro, ikakhulukazi iShuar zazihlala zilwa empini, futhi ngaphezu kwithuba lokuphindiselela okungekho emthethweni, zahlukana nabafazi nempahla. Bashaya amakhanda ezitha zabo njengezinqola zempi.
Njengoba babulala abantu abaningi empini, lezi zinhlanga zaziyisithembu, zihlala ejulile emahlathini ase-Amazon.
Lapho amaSpain efika, amaJivaros aphikisana nomngcele wabo ensimini yabo ngenjabulo yokuthi abaseSpain, ngemuva kokubulawa kuka-25 000 kubo, babulawa ngo-1599, baphinde baphinde bawayeka.
Izindaba zezinhloko ze-Shrunken
Kwaze kwaze kwaba ngasekupheleni kwawo-1800 ukuthi izindaba zamasu okuzingela ikhanda nama-trophies afinyelela ezweni langaphandle. Umhloli wezinhloli uFW Up de Graff ulandisa ngokuhambela e-Head Hunters Of The Amazon, eyinhloko ethi Seven Years Of Exploration and Adventure, lapho ehamba khona neqembu lempi futhi wabona ubufakazi bokubulala, ukunciphisa kanye nokwehla okukhulu kwenqubo.
Ukulandela ama-akhawunti akhe, ukuhweba okunomthelela emakhanda e-shrunken kwavela, futhi i-Jivaros yaqala ukuhlinzeka ngamakhanda athengiswayo. Abakwa-Profiteers, ngokuvamile ama-taxidermist, kwamanye amazwe, kufaka phakathi i-Panama, ekhonjiwe ngokuhweba ngokudala amakhanda abo, ngokusebenzisa izilwane noma imizimba engavunyelwe.
Ngemva kokunciphisa izisulu zabo, abahlaseli be-Jivaro babebopha umcengezi emlonyeni nasemqaleni bese bewuthatha ngamagxolo noma ngezinwele emuva ekamu labo lempi.
Ngokulandelayo, bahlunga futhi bahlubukisa isikhumba skull emuva ngemuva komqhele kuya entanyeni. Ikhanda laphonswa futhi isikhumba siphenduka ngaphakathi. Ngemva kokukhipha ngaphakathi kwesikhumba kuhlanzekile, ikhanda lafakwa ngaphakathi kwebhodlela elikhethekile futhi lihlelwa kuze kube yilapho lihlanzekile futhi liyancipha libe yizingxenye ezimbili kwezintathu ngobukhulu bayo bemvelo.
Ngenhloko manje isisindo somkhonto, isosha sasibuyisa ngemuva kwekhanda livaliwe. Wenza okufanayo ngamehlo nangezindebe, evame ukushiya amaqabunga noma amagqabha okutshala avela emlonyeni.
Wabeka amahlumela ashisayo noma isihlabathi esishisayo ngaphakathi kwekhanda futhi wasizungeza ukuze agcwalise umjikelezo wokumisa. Ngenkathi lokhu kwenzeka, wabumba ubuso ngommese oshisayo ukuze abonakale njengesitha esifile. Ngezinye izikhathi izinwele zazinqunywa ukuze zivumelane nekhanda le-shrunken noma kwesokunxele njengedatha lokuthwala.
Uthinta lokuqeda lafika ngokufa ikhanda umbala omnyama we-bluish nama-plant dyes nokuhlanganisa intambo yokugqoka indwangu entanyeni yakhe.
Ukubuyela ekhaya ngezintambo zakhe kwakubangele ukugubha. Ukuhlukumeza abahlukumezi babonisa i-tsanta yabo, bakhulisa udumo lwabo esizweni futhi bacabanga noma yiziphi izimfanelo ezingase zibe nazo. Lapho ukufunwa kwe-shrunken kuba yizicurios, i-Jivaros yabanikeza.
Ngaphezu kwamakhanda abantu, i-Jivaros shrank izinhloko zemithi yama-sloth, ekholelwa kumuntu onjengawo wonke umuntu.
Ukuvakashela i-Ecuador
Uma uhamba e-Ecuador futhi uvakashela umuzi weColenca we-colonial ungaphuthelwa ukuma eMusto Pumapungo del Ministerio de Cultura. Imyuziyamu enkulu ihlala ephikweni leBhange Elikhulu lapho ungafunda ngomlando wemali e-Ecuador.
Kodwa-ke, libuye libe nemikhakha ehlukene yokuphila komdabu e-Ecuador, kufaka phakathi izinhloko ze-shrunken. Awuvunyelwe ukuthatha izithombe kodwa lapha ungafunda ngezizwe ze-Jivaro futhi ubuke i-tsanta eyiqiniso.
I-museum inkulu futhi idinga amahora ambalwa kodwa ngenhlanhla, ikhululekile ukuze ukwazi ukuhlukanisa ukuvakasha kwakho ngezinsuku ezimbalwa.
I-Museo Pumapungo del ministreio de Cultura itholakala enqenqemeni yedolobha laseCuenca empumalanga yeKalle Larga, ihlangana noHuayna Capac. I-museum ivuliwe ngeviki 8 ekuseni-5: 30 ntambama, ngoMgqibelo 9 am-1pm futhi ivaliwe ngeSonto.
Unentshisekelo kwezizwe zendabuko eNingizimu Melika? Bheka abantu be-Canari yase-Ecuador.