A tsanta (so-called "shrunken head"), Amazon Region, circa 1900 Long, dark brown hair. The eyes not sewn. Mouth with impressions from sewing. A long preparation seam on the back of the head, red patterned head band (replacement?). Height of the head 13 cm. Very well preserved piece and impressive evidence for the practice of head hunting among the Indian tribes of the Amazon Region, which continued into the 1950s. historic, historical, 1900s, 20th century, 20th century, 19th century, American, America, ethnology, ethnicity, ethnic, object, objects, clipping, cu,

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