The Christmas season is officially upon us, and if you're anything like me you're wondering where to get your hands on one of those shrunken human heads that appear on wish-lists so often these days. This article will help you distinguish the fakes from the real McCoy.
What's most disturbing is that the items that article considers "fake" are actually real human heads. Picture some hipster holding your shrivelled head some day, sneering "obviously a fake... I'm supposed to believe he actually wore that nosering?"
Another article on the Jivaro practice.
Counterfeit heads prepared by someone other than the Jivaro Indians are usually, much more skillfully prepared through the use of superior equipment, than the actual work of the Jivaros.
What's most disturbing is that the items that article considers "fake" are actually real human heads. Picture some hipster holding your shrivelled head some day, sneering "obviously a fake... I'm supposed to believe he actually wore that nosering?"
Another article on the Jivaro practice.
Counterfeit heads prepared by someone other than the Jivaro Indians are usually, much more skillfully prepared through the use of superior equipment, than the actual work of the Jivaros.
