拍品 8
8
TETE REDUITE JIVARO
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TETE REDUITE JIVARO

EQUATEUR/PÉROU

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TETE REDUITE JIVARO
Equateur/Pérou
Le visage barbu et moustachu, entouré de cheveux courts.
Hauteur: 10 cm
来源
Docteur Erwin Ray
Burke Ray
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A SHRUNKEN HEAD

拍品专文

Vendu avec un article de presse en anglais lisant: "A rare specimen of a shrunken human head, owned by Burke Ray of Village Hill, is on display at Meekins Library. The head complete with eyebrows, eyelashes and mustache, is that of a man, probably a South American, as it came from there. It was given to Burke's father, the late Dr. Erwin Ray, by a patient. Tradition has it that it was the ancient custom of the head hunter tribe to do this to their enemies, but it is apparently a lost art as many have tried to discover the secret and have failed."