Shrunken head
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A shrunken head is a severed and specially prepared human head with the skull removed – many times smaller than its original size – that is used for trophy, ritual, trade, or other purposes.
Shrunken heads in the permanent collection of Ye Olde Curiosity Shop in Seattle
Shrunken head from the Shuar people, formerly on display in the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford
Shrunken head exhibited at the Lightner Museum in St. Augustine, Florida
Shrunken head in the Knight Bus, The Wizarding World of Harry Potter
Shuar
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The Shuar, also known as Jivaro, are an indigenous ethnic group that inhabits the Ecuadorian and Peruvian Amazonia. They are famous for their hunting skills and their tradition of head shrinking, know
Shrunken head
…but the practice of head shrinking has only been documented in the northwestern region of the Amazon rainforest. Jivaroan peoples, which includes the Shuar, Achuar, Huambisa and Aguaruna tribes from Ecuador and Peru, are known to keep shrunken human heads. While many were probably made from the remains of…
Shuar in Huamboya
A shrunken head exhibited at the Museum of the Americas in Madrid.
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Shuar in Logroño, Ecuador.