[Aztlan] Mummy of girl sacrificed by Incans prompts gasps

[Grace Sullivan]

It is true that the taboo of viewing of the dead differs from culture
to culture and in andean pre-contact, as well inca times from what we
know the dead were displayed but divorced from their religious and or
spiritual context i think it is profane to display human remains in a
museum, any museum, this is of course only my perspective. I think the
modern context is very different and the dissent of local peoples on
the instalation speaks volumes that this context is dissonant to the
rbinging out of ancestors for ceremonies.

-Grace Sullivan

On 9/9/07, eztunesi at tin.it <eztunesi at tin.it> wrote:
> In precolonial times mummies were shown to the people in public display
> in ancient Peru. The handling of dead bodies is well documented in Maya
> inscriptions as well. The modern display of ancient mummies is from the
> emotional point of view not so dissimilar from the ancient. It is a
> contect between living and dead.
> Raphael Tuensi
>
> ----Messaggio
> originale----
> Da: husmith at charter.net
> Data: 9-set-2007 8.11 PM
> A:
> "Grace Sullivan"<sullivangracek at gmail.com>, <webmaster at chicanoforums.
> com>
> Cc: <Aztlan at lists.famsi.org>
> Ogg: Re: [Aztlan] Mummy of girl
> sacrificed by Incans prompts gasps
>
> Perhaps the interment of the child
> was, in fact, "sacred" although it may
> have been "profane." Of course,
> it is very hard to apply the proper term
> because we modern peoples
> have no idea what that ancient society was
> thinking, much less can we
> assign modern sensibilities to them without
> data -- and we do not
> possess such data.
>
> To my way of thinking, the country-of-ownership has
> every right to do as it
> pleases. Further, I think it is just as likely
> the persons who view the
> remains will appreciate the obvious attention
> given the child as they might
> be appalled at her remains being on
> display.
>
> It is difficult to find a reason why anyone would be well-
> served by "hiding"
> the mummy, re-burying it, or leaving it to the
> occasional studies of
> so-called "professionals." Knowledge belongs to
> the people.
>
> Hube Smith
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Grace
> Sullivan" <sullivangracek at gmail.com>
> To: <webmaster at chicanoforums.com>
> Cc: <Aztlan at lists.famsi.org>
> Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2007 9:47 AM
> Subject: Re: [Aztlan] Mummy of girl sacrificed by Incans prompts gasps
>
>
> >I have to agree with the gasps and the comment from the article that
> > this exhibit is a great mistake. I think it is the most recent and
> >
> serious desecration of the sacred that I have heard.
> >
> > -Grace
> Sullivan
> >
> > On 9/8/07, Webmaster <webmaster at chicanoforums.com> wrote:
> >> http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/09/08/mummy.maiden.ap/index.
> html
> >>
> >> Wow!
> >>
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