December
30
/ 2023
Headhunting is a practice that has been carried out by numerous cultures throughout the world. For instance, during the Qin Dynasty in ancient China, it is claimed that soldiers collected the heads of their dead enemies and tied them around their waists. This was intended to terrorize and demoralize their enemies. Even though headhunting was not too uncommon a practice, the shrinking of human heads is one that was practiced by the Jivaro Indians of Ecuador and Peru. The shrunken heads of the Jivaro were a special form of trophy obtained from their defeated enemies. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"114666","attributes":{"alt":"One of the shrunken heads of Jivaro. (Wellcome Images / CC BY 4.0)","class":"media-image","style":"width: 518px; height: 630px;","typeof":"foaf:Image"}}]] One of the shrunken heads of Jivaro. (Wellcome Images
