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The current thinking for the
headdresses is that they represent one of the earliest
examples we have in the archeological record
for a shaman's costume, which allows the wearer to
transform their identity, to become something which
isn't, perhaps, all human, something which blurs the
characteristics of red deer and people together
in an unusual way, and creates this cosmologically
different kind of being
headdresses is that they represent one of the earliest
examples we have in the archeological record
for a shaman's costume, which allows the wearer to
transform their identity, to become something which
isn't, perhaps, all human, something which blurs the
characteristics of red deer and people together
in an unusual way, and creates this cosmologically
different kind of being
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The current thinking for the
headdresses is that they represent
00:00:04.094 --> 00:00:07.286
one of the earliest
examples we have in the
00:00:07.297 --> 00:00:09.711
archeological record
for a shaman's costume,
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which allows the wearer to
transform their identity,
00:00:12.371 --> 00:00:15.797
to become something which
isn't, perhaps, all human,
00:00:17.024 --> 00:00:20.185
something which blurs the
characteristics of red deer
00:00:20.219 --> 00:00:22.428
and people together
in an unusual way,
00:00:22.461 --> 00:00:26.688
and creates this cosmologically
different kind of being.
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Movie Summary
From a piece of meteorite found in Tutankhamun's tomb to the Crown of Thorns, explore some of the most perplexing and unusual objects lying hidden away in museums, laboratories and storage rooms.