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Here's some photos I took in a fascinating shop on Royale St. in New Orleans back in 1995.I believe these were for sale.
This store actually had 2 human skulls for sale- '100 to 200 Hundred Year Old Bound Yoruba Skull' and '2500 year old Egyptian Mummy Head'.
They had quite a collection of Tribal items.

 

Just imagine the remains of your grandparents on display like that, and worse, up for sale.
Not something that should be shown as interestig items, imo.

 

Although a number of cultures have practiced cranial deformation, the only African example is among the Mangbetu in the Congo, not the Yoruba.

 

With respect...I have no issues with such showing.

 

I'm sure they don't bite. It's fine.

 

Just took the skull pic down . Sorry to offend anyone out there (hence the large CAUTION warning in the headline).
I admit I was amazed that in the 90's a retail shop was selling human remains. It was definitely quite a unique store.

 

Ya probably did the right thing, Bosko...but I don't believe there was serious offense taken by anyone in our community.

 

Whatever I can do to bring the temp down in these fluid (& in the U.S. insane) times.
Amazing to see what they sold in New Orleans 30 years ago-what a city ! The Big Easy's one of the few US cities that come close to matching Europe for history and charm and a very heavy dose of the supernatural.

 

I can see those being sold in New Orleans, especially 30 years ago. Now...would be iffy, although actual items intended for occult use are probably just fine.

 

Re Occult US Cities-New Orlean's up there with Salem,MA. Though if you consider that roughly 107 billion human beings have died to date-every spot on Earth could be pretty supernatural.