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Shrunken head, with long hair, by Jivaro tribe, Ecuador

Shrunken head, South American, c. 1801-1900

1801-1900
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
Shrunken head with short hair, acquired in Venezuela in 1936

Shrunken head with short hair

before 1936
Dried human head, dissected to show blood vessels etc., early 19th century

Dissected dried human head

1801-1850
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
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
Shrunken head with long hair, decorated with strings of beetle elytra, from the Upper Amazon Region, Brazil, South America.

Shrunken head with long hair

before 1932
Shrunken head with long hair, decorated with feathers, by Jivaro tribe, Ecuador

Shrunken head with long hair

before 1928
Shrunken head with long hair decorated with beetle elytra, from Ecuador

Shrunken head with long hair decorated with beetle elytra

before 1937