Shrunken Sloth Head
date: label: Accession Date
content: 6 Feb 1933
name: label: Donor Name
content: Bureau Of American Ethnology
notes: label: Notes
content: Sloth
label: Notes
content: From card: ""Made by Nak ata, the brother of Cahaka to take the place of the head of Ungucha, a man of the Achu tribe, whom he killed for seducing his wife, substituting the sloth for human head". Shrunken by well-known Jivaro [Shuar] process. Mouth perforated with 4 lip sticks and plait has suspension and cloth for wrapping."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 18 Oct 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Upano River, Upper, Ecuador, South America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Jivaro (Shuar)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 122704
label: USNM Number
content: E366008-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Shrunken Head