A tsantsa (shrunken head), of the Jivaro Indians, circa 1910 South America, Upper Amazon Region. Long black hair, eyes and mouth sewn shut, the thread missing in places. Attached red necklace(?). On a metal support with socket. Contrary to the widely held belief that tsantsas were valued as trophies, these heads were kept out of fear and respect for the spirits of the killed enemies, whose spirits of revenge were kept captive by their heads being sewn shut. historic, historical, 1910s, 20th century, American, America, ethnology, ethnicity, ethnic, object, objec,

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