Nov 2, 2010: Shrunken Heads

[glatt]

I remember being fascinated by a shrunken head in a museum when I was a kid, but can't remember which one. I've tried to find it by revisiting the museums from my youth, but haven't been able to. I assume it was taken from public display.

Recently, I looked into shrunken heads, and was reading about them online. I found some website with stories about people who not too long ago (70's) traveled into the jungle to try to get shrunken heads from the tribes and were never heard from again. Then later, shrunken heads of a few white people (perhaps those collectors) showed up on the market.

It's kind of gruesome to be collecting trophy human parts.

[SPUCK]

Originally Posted by glatt

It's kind of gruesome to be collecting trophy human parts.

Naw... I like my human skin leather chair.

[spudcon]

Originally Posted by SPUCK

Naw... I like my human skin leather chair.

I'm glad to hear that Spuck. The wild Naugas are becoming extinct world wide.

[dirkydirk]

Is he the singer with Guns and Roses ?

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by glatt

I remember being fascinated by a shrunken head in a museum when I was a kid, but can't remember which one. I've tried to find it by revisiting the museums from my youth, but haven't been able to. I assume it was taken from public display.

A lot of US museums have been caught up in the politically correct tide, returning human remains to their home countries, or native tribes. Other displays have been shuffled off to the back room to avoid criticism.

I looked for a story I read while putting this shrunken heads post together, and Googled "museums returning human remains"... I got 383,000 hits.