I swear I could've stumbled across a secret conehead cult here! Anywhere they're not aliens and the skull binding technique is simple and painless while the effects last a lifetime.
These are the Mangbetu of the DRC,a Central Sudanic people.
![[Image: bfacp1b30128.jpg]](http://www.aluka.org/fsi/img/size1/heritage/bfac/phase_01/03/bfacp1b30128.jpg)
![[Image: 4092929561_7ff91e7ba9.jpg]](http://www.kox.sk/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/4092929561_7ff91e7ba9.jpg)
![[Image: 4093678028_d1d280dbb4.jpg]](http://www.kox.sk/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/4093678028_d1d280dbb4.jpg)
![[Image: Mangbetu.png]](https://africa.uima.uiowa.edu/assets/Uploads/Mangbetu.png)
The procedure was banned in the 50s but continued til at least the 80s. A neighbouring tribe,the Mobuddu,also did the same but had smaller,less pronounced deformations.
Its actually a Neolithic custom that began in Africa and spread with migrations.
![[Image: 4093687762_8e77e0c30a.jpg]](http://http://www.kox.sk/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/4093687762_8e77e0c30a.jpg)
King Tut had a lipombo.
![[Image: 2014_09_11_12_07_05_974_2014_09_12_ICR_m...ingTut.jpg]](http://www.auntminnie.com/user/images/content_images/sup_cto/2014_09_11_12_07_05_974_2014_09_12_ICR_mummy_14-KingTut.jpg)
So did the Olmecs.
![[Image: olmec_venta_jade.gif]](http://people.wku.edu/darlene.applegate/newworld/webnotes/unit_3/images_civilizations/olmec_venta_jade.gif)
As far as China,such skulls have been found. Apparently the custom still continues on Vanuatu. Can't get pics or sources.
Tuthmosis,could you see that anyone with anything to say about Coneheads leaves it here-and only here? Please? Where did this strange fetish come from!?
These are the Mangbetu of the DRC,a Central Sudanic people.
The procedure was banned in the 50s but continued til at least the 80s. A neighbouring tribe,the Mobuddu,also did the same but had smaller,less pronounced deformations.
Its actually a Neolithic custom that began in Africa and spread with migrations.
King Tut had a lipombo.
So did the Olmecs.
As far as China,such skulls have been found. Apparently the custom still continues on Vanuatu. Can't get pics or sources.
Tuthmosis,could you see that anyone with anything to say about Coneheads leaves it here-and only here? Please? Where did this strange fetish come from!?
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