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Description: | Shrunken head, the skull removed. These heads have great magical value, and are worn round the neck or are suspended in the owner's hut. Jivaro Indians. Ecuador, S. America.
Shrunken human head with long hair and three wooden pegs through the lips held in place with vegetable fibre cord.
caption: Frontal view of whole of Horniman Museum object no nn11601
caption: Left side view of whole of Horniman Museum object no nn11601
caption: Top view of whole of Horniman Museum object no nn11601 | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Rights holder: | Horniman Museum and Gardens | Subjects: | wood animal material Shuar plant fibre Tsantsa plant fiber | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-93155 | Go to resource |
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