Foot binding used to be a thing in China and various peoples around the world did Cranial Head Binding to shapes skulls a certain way. These Ancient Japanese Islanders Created a Signature Skull Shape by Molding Babies’ Heads Some 1,800 years ago, the Hirota people practiced intentional cranial modification ...Intentional cranial modification relies on the pliability of a newborn baby’s skull, which is not fully formed at birth. Gaps between cranial bone plates provide a window of opportunity to decide the skull’s shape before it finishes developing; ancient peoples around the world seized this opportunity to mold the heads of their young. The Maya, for example, flattened babies’ skulls by affixing their heads to a flat surface similar to a cradleboard. This procedure may have been designed to protect the child’s soul, wrote Discover magazine’s Eric Taipale in 2022. Others, like a group of Neanderthals who lived 45,000 years ago, practiced cranial modification because they believed it improved their chances of survival, Popular Science’s Laura Baisas reports.... --More At The Link--
First thing I thought of when @Nook said "head" and "vice"...that can't speak well for me Very NSFW Spoiler
