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Shrunken head artifact used as prop in John Huston film revealed to be human

Shrunken head artifact used as prop in John Huston film revealed to be human
Tom Metcalfe
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A grim artifact that had been on display for decades in a Georgia university has been authenticated as a human head taken from a slain enemy by an Amazonian warrior almost a century ago and it is now on its way back to where it came from.
Researchers at Mercer University in Macon say their tests show that the shrunken head called a tsantsa in Amazonian languages is a genuine shrunken head made in a laborious ceremony of removing its skull and flesh, stitching shut its eyes and mouth, boiling it and then filling it with hot sand and stones. ....

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Once on display, this ceremonial head is returning to the Amazon

Shrunken head artifact used as prop in John Huston film revealed to be human
Tom Metcalfe
© Provided by NBC News
A grim artifact that had been on display for decades in a Georgia university has been authenticated as a human head taken from a slain enemy by an Amazonian warrior almost a century ago and it is now on its way back to where it came from.
Researchers at Mercer University in Macon say their tests show that the shrunken head called a tsantsa in Amazonian languages is a genuine shrunken head made in a laborious ceremony of removing its skull and flesh, stitching shut its eyes and mouth, boiling it and then filling it with hot sand and stones. ....

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