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ANIMAL ART OF THE DAY: Owl Supernatural Decapitator!

Here’s another piece from the Ancient Americas gallery at the Reading Public Museum…“Owl Supernatural Decapitor” needs to be someone’s new goth metal band name  In Moche art, birds of prey are sometimes depicted as Supernatural Decapitators who sever the heads of sacrificial victims. This Decapitator Owl has a face with…

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18 August, 2022 8 September, 2022Animal Art of the Day, Museum Visit
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