Fake Shrunken Head
Trophy head with manufactured organic material stretched over mold. Reddish brown hair attached to head and eyebrows. Commerically produced string sewn to lip. Estimated age 50 years. Tourist artifact.
- Object: Fake Shrunken Head
- Artist: -
- Circa: 1950's
- Dimensions: 4-3/4" high 3-1/2" wide
- Culture Area: South America
- Cultural Group: -
- Cultural Context: This appears to be a reproduction of a Jivaro shrunken head made for sale as a tourist souvenir.
- Donor: Christiansen, Harols
- Catalog #: 86.003