TIL about pottery made by the Mimbres people, part of the pre-Columbian Mogollon culture in the U.S. Southwest. Their pottery can only be described as being made by people with a sense of humor.

Flying Squid@lemmy.world · 3 days ago

TIL about pottery made by the Mimbres people, part of the pre-Columbian Mogollon culture in the U.S. Southwest. Their pottery can only be described as being made by people with a sense of humor.

TRBoom@lemm.ee · 3 days ago

I was curious as to why the had holes through them. According to the article the bowls were ‘killed’ before being placed on the heads of the deceased as a burial rite.

A person probably had their favorite bowl and when they died their relatives punched a hole through it to make it useless and stuck it on their head.