Arrencada del cuir cabellut

L'arrencada del cuir cabellut (en anglès Scalping i en francès scalpation) és una pràctica guerrera que consisteix a arrencar part o tot el cuir cabellut de l'adversari viu o mort com a trofeu.^[1] En l'imaginari occidental això s'associa amb la conquesta del Far West nord-americà i particularment amb els amerindis, però els colons europeus també la practicaren.^[2] També s'ha fet en altres èpoques de l'antiguitat. Segons Heròdot arrencar el cuir cabellut era una pràctica entre els escites.

L'explorador francès Jacques Cartier en va donar notícia l'any 1535 a l'actual Quebec entre els indis iroquesos.^[3] L'arrencada del cuir cabellut era un ritual entre els indis que la practicaven (que no eren pas totes les tribus) i l'amerindi feia un crit especial en el moment de fer-ho i en la seva presentació a la comunitat.^[4] Es tractava de conservar-lo com a trofeu el major temps possible i s'exhibia en els pobles i altres llocs.^[5]

Referències

↑ Griffin, Anastasia M. (2008). Georg Friederici's (1906) "Scalping and Similar Warfare Customs in America" with a Critical Introduction. ProQuest. ISBN 9780549562092 p.18.
↑ Proclamation Britannique Scalp (1756)
↑ James Axtell, "Who invented scalping?", American Magazine Heritage, volume 28, 1977. L'article es pot consultar en línia a: http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/ah/1977/3/1977_3_96.shtml Arxivat 2010-09-16 a Wayback Machine. «When Jacques Cartier sailed down the St. Lawrence to what is now Quebec City in 1535, he met the Stadaconans, who showed him “the scalps of five Indians, stretched on hoops like parchment.” His host, Donnacona, told him they were from “Toudamans from the south, who waged war continually against his people.”»
↑ James Axtell, "Who invented scalping?", American Magazine Heritage, volume 28, 1977: «scalping was surrounded by a number of rituals and customs [...] scalp yells when a scalp was taken and later when it was borne home on raised spears or poles»
↑ James Axtell, "Who invented scalping?", American Magazine Heritage, volume 28, 1977

Enllaços externs

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Proclamation British Scalp de 1756 (anglès)
La presa del cuir cabellut

[1] Griffin, Anastasia M. (2008). Georg Friederici's (1906) "Scalping and Similar Warfare Customs in America" with a Critical Introduction. ProQuest. ISBN 9780549562092 p.18.

[2] Proclamation Britannique Scalp (1756)

[3] James Axtell, "Who invented scalping?", American Magazine Heritage, volume 28, 1977. L'article es pot consultar en línia a: http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/ah/1977/3/1977_3_96.shtml Arxivat 2010-09-16 a Wayback Machine. «When Jacques Cartier sailed down the St. Lawrence to what is now Quebec City in 1535, he met the Stadaconans, who showed him “the scalps of five Indians, stretched on hoops like parchment.” His host, Donnacona, told him they were from “Toudamans from the south, who waged war continually against his people.”»

[4] James Axtell, "Who invented scalping?", American Magazine Heritage, volume 28, 1977: «scalping was surrounded by a number of rituals and customs [...] scalp yells when a scalp was taken and later when it was borne home on raised spears or poles»

[5] James Axtell, "Who invented scalping?", American Magazine Heritage, volume 28, 1977

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