s.g. "Schrumpfkopf" (Tsantsa)

Foto-Postkarte

Object Details

• Location: Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
• Inventory number: VIII E Nls 314
• Measurements: Höhe x Breite: 13,9 x 9 cm
• Material/Technique: Foto
• Inscription/Labeling: RS Aufdruck: "Tsantsa" war trophy. Shrunken human head used in the Victory Ceremony to gain prestige and power. Jivaro Tribe, Lowland Ecuador 13/2084 Museum of the American Indian Heye Foundation Broadwy at 155th Street New York 32, N.Y. Copyright 1957, Museum of the American Indian ; RS Aufdruck: "Tsantsa" war trophy. Shrunken human head used in the Victory Ceremony to gain prestige and power. Jivaro Tribe, Lowland Ecuador 13/2084 Museum of the American Indian Heye Foundation Broadwy at 155th Street New York 32, N.Y. Copyright 1957, Museum of the American Indian

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Fotografie (Objekttyp)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Herstellung
• (who): Shuar (Jivaro) (Herstellende Ethnie) ; Jivaro (Herstellende Sprachgruppe)
• (where): Ecuador

Further information

• Other object pages: Show object in "Collections from Colonial Contexts"
• Rights: Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
• Last update: 02.07.2024, 8:58 AM CEST