page_title: Cannibalism
hierarchical_section_title: Cannibalism
caption_attribution_description: Leonhard Kern (1588–1662) &#160;Description German sculptor Date of birth/death22 November 15884 April 1662Location of birth/deathForchtenbergSchwäbisch HallAuthority control VIAF: 32791467 ISNI: 0000 0000 6676 3394 ULAN: 500010178 LCCN: nr91008529 WGA: KERN, Leonhard WorldCat Menschenfresserin (female cannibal) Ivory, Schwäbisch Hall, c. 1650 Württembergisches Landesmuseum Stuttgart, Inv. 1988-332
context_page_description: Cannibalism is where a person eats the flesh of another person. It is also called anthropophagy. Anthropologists are not sure how widespread it was, but it did happen in some societies.
  The word 'cannibalism' comes from the Island Carib people of the Lesser Antilles. They got a long-standing reputation as cannibals when their legends were recorded in the 17th century. Some controversy exists over the accuracy of these legends.
  Cannibalism was widespread in the past among humans in many parts of the world, continuing into the 19th century in some isolated South Pacific cultures, and to the present day in parts of tropical Africa. Cannibalism was certainly practiced in New Guinea and in parts of the Solomon Islands, and flesh markets existed in some parts of Melanesia. Fiji was once known as the 'Cannibal Isles'. Cannibalism has been well documented around the world, from Fiji to the Amazon Basin to the Congo to Māori New Zealand.
context_section_description: Cannibalism is where a person eats the flesh of another person. It is also called anthropophagy. Anthropologists are not sure how widespread it was, but it did happen in some societies.
  The word 'cannibalism' comes from the Island Carib people of the Lesser Antilles. They got a long-standing reputation as cannibals when their legends were recorded in the 17th century. Some controversy exists over the accuracy of these legends.
  Cannibalism was widespread in the past among humans in many parts of the world, continuing into the 19th century in some isolated South Pacific cultures, and to the present day in parts of tropical Africa. Cannibalism was certainly practiced in New Guinea and in parts of the Solomon Islands, and flesh markets existed in some parts of Melanesia. Fiji was once known as the 'Cannibal Isles'. Cannibalism has been well documented around the world, from Fiji to the Amazon Basin to the Congo to Māori New Zealand.
caption: Leonhard Kern: Man eater, ebony sculpture, around 1650
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