A shrunken head, the Amazon region Long wavy brown hair, the eyes not sewn, the mouth with impressions and remains of sewing string. The neck and back of the head with a preparation seam. Height of the head ca. 11 cm. Well preserved piece and impressive evidence for the practice of head hunting among the South American Indian tribes, which continued into the 1950s. An unusual feature is the wavy brown hair which can only be found among a few tribes in the Amazon region. historic, historical 20th century, American, America, ethnology, ethnicity, ethnic, object, ,

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