Tsantsa (shrunken head), Peru, 1900

Made:
1801-1900 in Peru

Tsantsa (shrunken head) with long hair, decorated with feather, acquired from Conibo people living on the Rio Pachitea, a tributary of the Rio Ucayali, Peru, 1900

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A642548
Materials:
human hair, human skin and feather
Measurements:
overall weight: x x , , .18kg
type:
human remains and shrunken heads
credit:
Wellcome Trust