"As the white man began to infiltrate the Jivaro region in the 1850s, spurred on by tales of the head-shrinking practices of the Shuar tribes, a lively trade in human head trophies began. Due to the macabre nature of the shrunken head, many "curio-hunters" have sought out the tsantsa as collectibles, thus generating a sizable business in the manufacture of counterfeit tsantsa."
Via Boingboing.net
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