剥头皮是将人类頭皮(通常连带头发)从头上割下或撕下的行为,通常发生在战争中,头皮被留作战利品英语Human trophy collecting[1]。剥头皮被认为是一种将人体器官作为战利品展示的文化习俗,可能是作为割人头的替代方法发展而来,因为头皮更易于剥取、运输和保存,以便日后展示。剥头皮在旧大陆新大陸的各族文化中独立发展而成[2]

阿帕契战士剥掉一名美国士兵的头皮

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  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. ^ Mensforth, Robert P.; Chacon, Richard J. Chacon; Dye, David H. Human Trophy Taking in Eastern North America During the Archaic Period: The Relationship to Warfare and Social Complexity. The Taking and Displaying of Human Body Parts as Trophies by Amerindians (Springer Science + Business Media). 2007: 225. 

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