RECORD / MZ SITEWIDE / Video and Film Clips / VC11
Laerke Recht, 2012-
| Date | 30 August 2012 |
| Cameraman | Giorgio Buccellati |
| Format | .MP4 |
| File size | 14.3 MB |
| Duration | 3.30 minutes (no sound) |
| Warning | Strong images, including blood |
| Description | We witness the butcher Augusto Crosetti and his team slaughter a bull. The first part shows what happens immediately after the animal is killed: it is hanged upside down by the back legs and the head is cut off. Macellerie Crosetti, Crodo (VB), Italy. |
| Notes | The sequence is of particular interest in relation to the Akkadian seal A15.270. This seal depicts a bull held upside down by the back legs by two priests (rather than a machine as is done by the modern butcher here); the bull's head has been cut off, and one of the priests holds a dagger or knife in his hand. We see here how easy it in fact is to cut off the head. The butcher does not cut the bone itself, but rather softer tissue between vertebrae. Here we may note the change in instrument to a two-handed meat cleaver and the strength needed to open up the body, as well as the blood coming out when the chest is opened. |
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| Featuring | Augusto Crosetti |
| Links | RECORD > A15 > A15.270 TYPOLOGY > GLYPTICS > Link needed INTERPRETATION > RELIGION > Link needed |