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Caption: Shrunken Human Heads
Chicago Natural History Museum
formerely Field Museum of Natural History

Shrunken Human Heads
Heads of slain enemies shrunken to the size of a man's fist by the Jivaro Indians of eastern Ecuador and Peru,were kept as trouphies and used in certain cerimonies. Often the lips were sewed together in the belief that this would prevent the victim from harming his slayer.

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Postcard Era:.. Divided Back
ID Number: A-24
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