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tsantsa

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tsantsa [ˈtsæntsə]
n
(Social Science / Anthropology & Ethnology) (among the Shuar subgroup of the Jivaro people of Ecuador) the shrunken head of an enemy kept as a trophy
[from Shuar]
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CAPTION(S): Heads up: Piers Gibbon with Tsantsa in the Quito Amazonia Museum.
Hunting headshrinkers; Documentary by Birmingham Mail (England)
Pair this with Steve Rubenstein's (2004) insightful account of taking Shuar friends to see tsantsa on display at New York City's American Museum of Natural History and you have material for a marvelous teaching moment.
"I lost my head in Borneo": tourism and the refashioning of the ... by Gingging, Flory Ann Mansor; Conklin, Beth A.; Bacchilega, Cristina / Cultural Analysis
Shrinking heads, or making tsantsa, an ancient practice associated mostly with the Jivaro tribe of South America, was believed to keep away avenging spirits.
Gross out? (Activities & Oddities) by Chiang, Mona / Science World
 
 
 
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