Title: Headhunting and colonialism
Description: "Explores headhunting in the colonial wars and the collection of heads for European museums, 1870s-1930s. By looking at Portuguese colonialism in East Timor, it shows how indigenous peoples and colonial powers interacted in a mutually dependent way, and how collected remains became objects of political, symbolic, and scientific significance"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Headhunters, Ethnology, Skull, Human remains (Archaeology), Craniology, Rites and ceremonies, Colonization, Museum exhibits, Colonies, Collectors and collecting, History, Portugal, colonies, Portugal, history, Colonialism, Exhibits as Topic, History, 19th Century, History, 20th Century
Places: Timor-Leste, Portugal, Asia