CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. In mid-19th century South America, a lucrative trade in shrunken human heads leads to a rash of fake heads being passed off as real. One museum ...
CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. A scientist's visit to a Shuar elder in Ecuador reveals the secrets of the ceremonial tradition of head shrinking. Now the scientist has set ...
Cultural leaders of an indigenous Ecuadorian community have called for the repatriation of a museum's collection of shrunken heads. The collection of human remains, also known as tsantsas, at the Pitt ...