| After Gabrielle was
whipped for a long time, two days to be exact, we
moved on to the next torture and JJ placed her delicate
neck on the contraption. She looked great with her
bald head and the metal around her neck.
The
Tourniquet is a Spanish contribution to horror and
torture. It was widely used during the Spanish Inquisition
and the conquest of the Americas.
The wife of the
Indigenous leader, Tupac Amaru, was killed with the
help of the tourniquet. (He was dismembered by horses
pulling his limbs in different directions.)
It consists
of a pole with an iron neckbrace to fit the neck of
the accused. Once the neck is in place,
the hands are bound behind the pole.
Sometimes the victim would be
sitting, other times the unfortunate would be standing.
By turning
a contraption, the tourniquet closes around the victims
neck and slowly asphyxiates her, or him.
Depending of the mood of
the executioner, the death can be quick...or slow.
Camille
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