Microblog Memes

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[–] ReadyUser31@lemmy.world 37 points 2 years ago (1 child)

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[–] Moghul@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Yoooooooooo do you have a link or know what the keywords for this mini are?

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[–] ReadyUser31@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (1 child)

It's here! https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/art/peru-waka-prehispanic-action-figure-for-3d-printing

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[–] Moghul@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Thank you!

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[–] Transporter_Room_3@startrek.website 2 points 2 years ago

Legitimately, I came to the comment section to ask if it's been scanned for a 3d model because I want one, and have a printer or two just waiting to be given something to do.

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[–] Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Used for ritualistic purposes no doubt.

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[–] rockerface@lemm.ee 11 points 2 years ago

Into the ritual jar it goes

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[–] nifty@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Gameplay is a ritual, in some sense. The seasonal sports cycles definitely fit the bill

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[–] meant2live218@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

I meet weekly with 5 other guys to sit around a table, speak thoughts into actions, and roll dice to determine the future, so... Yeah.

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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Everything in Mayan culture was completely infused with their religious beliefs. Everything was for ritualistic purposes.

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[–] Mac@mander.xyz 16 points 2 years ago

clearly in an earth bending stance
what knowledge have we lost

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Why does it have little radar dishes on its head?

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[–] TopRamenBinLaden@sh.itjust.works 25 points 2 years ago (1 child)

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[–] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago

Came here to post this somewhere...

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[–] Madison420@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

They're eyes, probably some sort of gecko or lizard.

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[–] Ragnarok314159@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Or symbols.

Two people would smash their heads together. Percussion instruments were a full contact sport until the drumstick was invented.

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[–] Madison420@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago

Nah they're an animal, Mayans were written about contemporarily which notes their love of dressing up like animals. There's even a story about the final battle of the Maya where they released a dude dressed up like a crazy fuckin bird.

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[–] pyre@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

wait, the crystal over his helmet... is this the first Sims character

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

I remember taking my first archaeology class in college and seeing pictures of statuettes with big breasts and butts and learning that they represented a "cult of fertility". Only much later did I realize it was just 20,000 year old porn.

[–] jadedwench@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

One interesting theory we talked about in mine, at least for Venus statues, is perspective. Stand up, tuck your chin down, and look. If this is the view you using to make a statue, this is how it would look like. Especially if you have breasts and a belly in the way.

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[–] ByteJunk@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

The Mandalorian's popularity is crazy.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I've seen Hopi kachina dolls with removable masks, but I'm not sure if that's an ancient or modern thing.