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Object Number
2017.18.1
Display Title
Shrunken head
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Shrunken head, long hair and facial hair attached
Classification
- Special
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1890 or before
Culture
- Huambisa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Peru
Materials
Bone Hair Skin Fiber cord
Dimensions
Overall (Measurement of head only): 10 × 9.6 × 7 cm (3 15/16 × 3 3/4 × 2 3/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2017.18.1
Credit Line
Gift of Nancy Wiswall Erne
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