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Tsantsa (shrunken head) with long hair, Shuar, Ecuador, 1801-1900

Tsantsa with long hair

1801-1900

Tsantsa (shrunken head) with very little remaining hair, acquired in Mexico, before 1907

Tsantsa with little remaining hair

before 1907

Tsantsa (shrunken head) with long hair, said to be that of Tibi, a chief of the "Antipas" (Huambisa or Aguaruna), Peru

Tsantsa with long hair

before 1933

Tsantsa (shrunken head), possibly of a child, Ecuador, before 1928

Tsantsa of a child

before 1928

Tsantsa (shrunken head) with long hair, decorated with feather ornaments and beads, Shuar, Ecuador, 1801-1900

Tsantsa with long hair, with feather and bead ornaments

1801-1900

Tsantsa (shrunken head), possibly of a child, Shuar, Ecuador, before 1928

Tsantsa, possibly of a child

before 1928

Tsantsa (shrunken head) with short hair, decorated with feathers and bead necklet, Shuar, Ecuador, before 1931

Tsantsa with short hair, decorated with feathers and bead necklet

before 1931

Tsantsa (shrunken head) with long hair, some of which has been cut, Shuar, Ecuador, before 1929

Tsantsa with long hair, some of which has been cut

before 1929

Tsantsa (shrunken head) with short hair, Shuar, Ecuador, before 1906

Tsantsa with short hair

before 1906

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

Tsantsa (shrunken head), Peru, 1900

1801-1900

Tsantsa (shrunken head) with grey curly hair, Ecuador, before 1941

Tsantsa with grey curly hair

before 1941

Tsantsa (shrunken head) with long hair and feather ornaments, Shuar, Ecuador, before 1931

Tsantsa with long hair and feather ornaments

before 1931

Tsantsa (shrunken head) with plaited hair and facial hair, decorated with feathers, Shuar, Ecuador, before 1929

Tsantsa with plaited hair and feather decoration

before 1929

Tsantsa (shrunken head) with long hair, strings of beads suspended from ears, Shuar, Ecuador

Tsantsa with long hair

1801-1900

Tsantsa (shrunken head) with short hair, with coix seed necklet, acquired in Venezuela in 1936

Tsantsa with short hair

before 1936

Tsantsa (shrunken head) with long hair, decorated with feather ornaments, Shuar, Ecuador, before 1937

Tsantsa with long hair and feather earrings

before 1937

Tsantsa (shrunken head) with long hair, acquired in Ecuador just beyond Quito, before 1931

Tsantsa with long hair

before 1931

Tsantsa (shrunken head) with curly hair and beard, Aénts Chicham, Ecuador, before 1941

Tsantsa with curly hair and a beard

before 1941

Tsantsa (shrunken head) with long hair, Shuar, Ecuador, before 1935

Tsantsa with long hair

before 1935

Tsantsa (shrunken head) with long brown hair, Shuar, Ecuador, before 1926

Tsantsa with long brown hair

before 1926

Tsantsa (shrunken head) with little remaining hair, possibly Saraguro, Ecuador, before 1925

Tsantsa with little remaining hair

before 1925

Tsantsa (shrunken head) with long hair and cane ear lobe ornament, Shuar, Ecuador, before 1931

Tsantsa with long hair and cane ear lobe ornament

before 1931

Tsantsa (shrunken head) with long hair and feather ornaments, Shuar, Ecuador

Tsantsa with long hair and feather ornaments

before 1931

Tsantsa (shrunken head) with long hair, decorated with beads and feather ornaments, Shuar, Ecuador, before 1941

Tsantsa with long hair, decorated with beads and feathers

before 1941

Tsantsa (shrunken head) with long hair, Shuar, Ecuador, before 1931

Tsantsa with long hair

before 1931

Tsantsa (shrunken head) with long hair, decorated with strings of beetle elytra, reputedly from the Upper Amazon Region, Brazil, South America

Tsantsa with long hair, decorated with strings of beetle elytra

before 1932

Tsantsa (shrunken head) with short hair, South America, before 1933

Tsantsa with short hair

before 1933

Tsantsa (shrunken head) with short hair, from Central Ecuador, before 1929

Tsantsa with short hair

before 1929

Tsantsa (shrunken head) with long hair, cut short around the face, Shuar, Ecuador, before 1941

Tsantsa with long hair

before 1941

Tsantsa (shrunken head) with long hair, decorated with feathers, Shuar, Ecuador, before 1933

Tsantsa with long hair

before 1933

Tsantsa (shrunken head) with no remaining hair, eyes and lower lip decorated with beetle elytra, Shuar, Central Ecuador, before 1932

Tsantsa decorated with beetle elytra

before 1932

Tsantsa (shrunken head) with long hair, Shuar, Ecuador, before 1937

Tsantsa with long hair

before 1937

Tsantsa (shrunken head) with long plaited hair, Shuar, Ecuador, before 1941

Tsantsa with long hair

before 1941

Dried human head, dissected to show blood vessels etc., early 19th century

Dissected dried human head

1801-1850

Tsantsa (shrunken head) with long hair, Shuar, Ecuador, before 1926

Tsantsa with long hair

before 1926

Tsantsa (shrunken head) with long hair, decorated with feather ornaments, Shuar, Ecuador, 1801-1900

Tsantsa with long hair

1801-1900

Tsantsa (shrunken head) with long hair, decorated with feather ornaments and bird's heads, Shuar, Ecuador, before 1925

Tsantsa with long hair, decorated with feather ornaments and bird's heads

before 1925

Tsantsa (shrunken head) with long black hair, Shuar, Ecuador, before 1934

Tsantsa with long hair

before 1934

Tsantsa (shrunken head) with long hair, Shuar, Ecuador, before 1941

Tsantsa with long hair

before 1941

Tsantsa (shrunken head) with short hair, moustache and beard, Ecuador, before 1934

Tsantsa with short hair and beard

before 1934

Tsantsa (shrunken head) with long hair, decorated with feather ornaments, Shuar, Ecuador, before 1941

Tsantsa with long hair and feather ornaments

before 1941

Tsantsa (shrunken head) with long hair, decorated with beads, Shuar, Ecuador, before 1905

Tsantsa with long hair and bead decorations

before 1905

Flask, by Falcon Biotech Pvt Limited, Chandigarh, Punjab, India, containing skin cells, stained pink, from the early stage of the laboratory growth of a sheet of human skin, prepared by the Department of Experimental Dermatology, London Hospital Medical College, London, England, 1993

Flask containing skin cells from the early stage of the laboratory growth of a sheet of human skin

1993

Flask, by Falcon Biotech Pvt Limited, Chandigarh, Punjab, India, containing complete sheet of laboratory grown human skin cells preserved in 10% formal saline (formalin), Department of Haematology, Oncology and Imaging, Queen Mary & Westfield College, London, England, 1999

Flask containing complete sheet of laboratory grown human skin cells

1999

Tsantsa (shrunken head) with long hair, decorated with feather and bead ornaments, Shuar, Ecuador, before 1928

Tsantsa with long hair and feather ornaments

before 1928

Tsantsa (shrunken head), decorated with beads made from seeds and bone, Shuar, Ecuador, before 1925

Tsantsa with long hair, decorated with beads made from seeds and bone

before 1925

Tsantsa (shrunken head) with long hair, decorated with beetle elytra, Shuar, Ecuador

Tsantsa with long hair decorated with beetle elytra

before 1937