Showing posts with label shrunken heads. Show all posts
Showing posts with label shrunken heads. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

STRANGE CUSTOMS OF THE WORLD

I recently bought this set of cigarette cards: "Strange Customs of the World." It's a sensationalist anthropological series on the interesting customs around the world, though some of these (like a bar mitzvah) would seem strange only if you lived in a cave. [click to biggify]




Saturday, October 16, 2010

SHRUNKEN HEADS

Salangome Imports is one of the few places you can buy a decent reproduction of an Amazonian shrunken head (known as a tsantsa). Perfect for any rear-view mirror. Bonus Round: How shrunken heads are made by the Jivaro (the Shuar) of Ecuador.