Paul D Stewart / Illustration of shrunken head, prepared by Macas Indians. From 'Note on the Macas Indians' by John Lubbock in: The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland Vol. 3, 1874.

Pete Oxford / Shrunken head (Tsantza), Shuar tribe, Ecuador. Jivaro Shuar tribe used to shrink head of enemies killed in battle - first they removed the skull and boiled it to shrink the head. Then the eyes and li...

Pete Oxford / Tsansa shrunken head, Shuar, Indian Ecuador. South America Jivaro Shuar tribe used to shrink head of enemies killed in battle - first they removed the skull and boiled it to shrink the head. Then th...

Pete Oxford / Tsansa shrunken head, Shuar, Indian Ecuador. South America Jivaro Shuar tribe used to shrink head of enemies killed in battle - first they removed the skull and boiled it to shrink the head. Then th...

Pete Oxford / Tsansa shrunken head, Shuar, Indian Ecuador. South America Jivaro Shuar tribe used to shrink head of enemies killed in battle - first they removed the skull and boiled it to shrink the head. Then th...

Pete Oxford / Tsantsa / shrunken head made by the Shuar Indians to their enemies, Ecuador