Robert McGee, scalped at the age of 14 in 1864. McGee was working as a teamster with H.C. Barret to transport a caravan of flour to Fort Union in New Mexico Territory. Whilst on the road, somewhere around Kansas, the wagon train was set on by a band of Brule Sioux Native Americans, resulting in the majority of the teamsters being tortured and killed. McGee was shot in the back, had two arrows put through him as well as 64 square inches removed from his scalp - all whilst he was still awake. His survival was miraculous. This photo was taken in 1890.
Reptile-headed sculpture by Tomaso Buzzi in garden of La Scarzuola, Franciscan convent; commune of Montegabbione, Umbria, Italy
Paul Mak (Павел Петрович Иванов) - Visions, 1919 / The Idol, 1928 / Pan, 1955