Comments on: "Authentic" shrunken head up for auction http://boingboing.net/2010/06/07/authentic-shrunken-h.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 26 May 2013 00:57:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/06/07/authentic-shrunken-h.html#comment-805405 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-805405 With thirty seconds of effort googling shrunken heads, you can see this is a fake. With thirty seconds of effort googling shrunken heads, you can see this is a fake.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/06/07/authentic-shrunken-h.html#comment-805408 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-805408 i have one of these over here. no monkey head. just a sculpture of a head, made from animal skin. bright parts and structures are shaved. the skin is quite stiff. animal, yes. animal skin. head, yes. head sculpture. .~. i have one of these over here. no monkey head. just a sculpture of a head, made from animal skin. bright parts and structures are shaved. the skin is quite stiff.

animal, yes. animal skin.

head, yes. head sculpture.

.~.

]]> By: ice2cu http://boingboing.net/2010/06/07/authentic-shrunken-h.html#comment-805412 ice2cu Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-805412 They had a collection of shrunken heads at the Mineral Museum at Penn State(http://www.ems.psu.edu/outreach/museum). I still don't know why this was the proper museum for them, but it made a good field trip from History class in the next building! They had a collection of shrunken heads at the Mineral Museum at Penn State(http://www.ems.psu.edu/outreach/museum). I still don’t know why this was the proper museum for them, but it made a good field trip from History class in the next building!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/06/07/authentic-shrunken-h.html#comment-809007 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-809007 Bet a DIYbio hacker could pull some DNA off it and tell you what animal it is! Tito Bet a DIYbio hacker could pull some DNA off it and tell you what animal it is!
Tito

]]> By: Ripples http://boingboing.net/2010/06/07/authentic-shrunken-h.html#comment-805431 Ripples Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-805431 I've sold a couple of these on ebay years ago. They're made of sheep hide and hair. You find them in baskets in Ecuadorean souvenir shops for about $10 each. They're great conversation starters. I’ve sold a couple of these on ebay years ago. They’re made of sheep hide and hair. You find them in baskets in Ecuadorean souvenir shops for about $10 each. They’re great conversation starters.

]]> By: ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive http://boingboing.net/2010/06/07/authentic-shrunken-h.html#comment-805186 ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-805186 Sorry, I've already got one. I got mine on ebay for $40, although you can get rougher looking ones there for as low as $5. Gafftastic! Sorry, I’ve already got one. I got mine on ebay for $40, although you can get rougher looking ones there for as low as $5. Gafftastic!

]]> By: Beanolini http://boingboing.net/2010/06/07/authentic-shrunken-h.html#comment-805704 Beanolini Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-805704 The word 'authentic' really should be banned. It is meaningless. In this context, it's an underhand way of implying 'genuine', despite the fact that this is not a shrunken human head, probably not a shrunken head, and possibly not actually a head. The word ‘authentic’ really should be banned. It is meaningless.

In this context, it’s an underhand way of implying ‘genuine’, despite the fact that this is not a shrunken human head, probably not a shrunken head, and possibly not actually a head.

]]> By: nanuq http://boingboing.net/2010/06/07/authentic-shrunken-h.html#comment-805197 nanuq Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-805197 The only authentic shrunken heads are made by Jivaro Indians. Accept no substitutes. http://www.head-hunter.com/jivaro.html The only authentic shrunken heads are made by Jivaro Indians. Accept no substitutes.

http://www.head-hunter.com/jivaro.html

]]> By: Yossarian http://boingboing.net/2010/06/07/authentic-shrunken-h.html#comment-805216 Yossarian Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-805216 The Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford has real shrunken heads. It's a bit of a crazy place, absolutely stuffed to the rafters with items from all over the world, in one room. http://www.prm.ox.ac.uk/ The Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford has real shrunken heads. It’s a bit of a crazy place, absolutely stuffed to the rafters with items from all over the world, in one room.
http://www.prm.ox.ac.uk/

]]> By: David Pescovitz http://boingboing.net/2010/06/07/authentic-shrunken-h.html#comment-805222 David Pescovitz Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-805222 Wow, this looks great! Thanks for the tip. If I'm ever in Oxford.... Wow, this looks great! Thanks for the tip. If I’m ever in Oxford….

]]> By: Mitch http://boingboing.net/2010/06/07/authentic-shrunken-h.html#comment-805479 Mitch Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-805479 Oh my god that's Chaka! Oh my god that’s Chaka!

]]> By: fxq http://boingboing.net/2010/06/07/authentic-shrunken-h.html#comment-805230 fxq Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-805230 Once again, I am in the wrong business! Once again, I am in the wrong business!

]]> By: glamaFez http://boingboing.net/2010/06/07/authentic-shrunken-h.html#comment-805742 glamaFez Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-805742 Poor Chewie. Poor Chewie.

]]> By: Jack http://boingboing.net/2010/06/07/authentic-shrunken-h.html#comment-805492 Jack Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-805492 Sample Conversation Starting: A) Welcome to my apartment! B) Oh, delightful! A) Have you seen my shrunken head? B) Why no, may I? A) You may! And here it is! B) Oh, my! This is truly a marvel! A) Indeed. B) Yes. A) ... B) Okay, well I have to go now. A) Goodbye! Sample Conversation Starting:
A) Welcome to my apartment!
B) Oh, delightful!
A) Have you seen my shrunken head?
B) Why no, may I?
A) You may! And here it is!
B) Oh, my! This is truly a marvel!
A) Indeed.
B) Yes.
A) …
B) Okay, well I have to go now.
A) Goodbye!

]]> By: The Lizardman http://boingboing.net/2010/06/07/authentic-shrunken-h.html#comment-805239 The Lizardman Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-805239 If you like shrunken heads, the display at the Ripleys in NYC is a must see. When I worked their grand opening a couple years ago it was purportedly the largest collection on display anywhere, regardless, it is still one of my favorite portions of the collection and I visit it whenever I return there. If you like shrunken heads, the display at the Ripleys in NYC is a must see. When I worked their grand opening a couple years ago it was purportedly the largest collection on display anywhere, regardless, it is still one of my favorite portions of the collection and I visit it whenever I return there.

]]> By: Ugly Canuck http://boingboing.net/2010/06/07/authentic-shrunken-h.html#comment-805499 Ugly Canuck Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-805499 Auctioneer (at start of bidding): Head's up! Auctioneer (at start of bidding): Head’s up!

]]> By: emo hex http://boingboing.net/2010/06/07/authentic-shrunken-h.html#comment-805247 emo hex Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-805247 When I was younger you could see a couple of real shrunken heads at the Chicago Museum of Natural History, (One with red hair if I'm not mistaken) years later I went back to see them and they had been removed, It was not PC to display real dead artifacts anymore, or maybe the relatives didn't like the public seeing their little kin. When I was younger you could see a couple of real shrunken heads at the Chicago Museum of Natural History, (One with red hair if I’m not mistaken) years later I went back to see them and they had been removed, It was not PC to display real dead artifacts anymore, or maybe the relatives didn’t like the public seeing their little kin.

]]> By: stexe http://boingboing.net/2010/06/07/authentic-shrunken-h.html#comment-805526 stexe Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-805526 Last I checked (a year or two ago) the American Museum of Natural History in NYC still had theirs on display, and they're some beauties. Three humans and one monkey, if I remember correctly. I'm pretty sure this one is goat skin, as that's what all of the high-quality heads coming out of Ecuador seem to be made of. Last I checked (a year or two ago) the American Museum of Natural History in NYC still had theirs on display, and they’re some beauties. Three humans and one monkey, if I remember correctly.

I’m pretty sure this one is goat skin, as that’s what all of the high-quality heads coming out of Ecuador seem to be made of.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/06/07/authentic-shrunken-h.html#comment-966566 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-966566 Hey would anyone know how much a real shrunken human head from Ecuador go for? I have 2 as far as I know they've been in the family for the last 45 years but I think is time to let go. Ecua. Hey would anyone know how much a real shrunken human head from Ecuador go for?
I have 2 as far as I know they’ve been in the family for the last 45 years but I think is time to let go.
Ecua.

]]> By: Halloween Jack http://boingboing.net/2010/06/07/authentic-shrunken-h.html#comment-805289 Halloween Jack Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-805289 Last I heard, the Pink Palace museum in Memphis still had one as the centerpiece of their collection (literally; when you walked in the center hall, the head was right there in a case). Last I heard, the Pink Palace museum in Memphis still had one as the centerpiece of their collection (literally; when you walked in the center hall, the head was right there in a case).

]]> By: redstarr http://boingboing.net/2010/06/07/authentic-shrunken-h.html#comment-805309 redstarr Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-805309 The eyelashes and brows don't look very authentic to me. It looks old, but made to fool. Probably a sideshow piece or made for tourists. The eyelashes and brows don’t look very authentic to me. It looks old, but made to fool. Probably a sideshow piece or made for tourists.

]]> By: forgeweld http://boingboing.net/2010/06/07/authentic-shrunken-h.html#comment-805335 forgeweld Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-805335 I was about to tip you to the great collection at the Field Museum in Chicago, that I spent many hours grokking,starting at age five, but found this on the museum website: Why were the shrunken heads from South America taken off display? The shrunken heads from the Shuara (Jivaro) culture of lowland Ecuador were taken off display when the South America Hall was recently converted into the new Museum store. Progress. I was about to tip you to the great collection at the Field Museum in Chicago, that I spent many hours grokking,starting at age five, but found this on the museum website:

Why were the shrunken heads from South America taken off display?
The shrunken heads from the Shuara (Jivaro) culture of lowland Ecuador were taken off display when the South America Hall was recently converted into the new Museum store.

Progress.

]]> By: Moriarty http://boingboing.net/2010/06/07/authentic-shrunken-h.html#comment-805340 Moriarty Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-805340 The Vanderbilt Museum on Long Island also has real shrunken heads. The Vanderbilt Museum on Long Island also has real shrunken heads.

]]> By: Jack http://boingboing.net/2010/06/07/authentic-shrunken-h.html#comment-805355 Jack Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-805355 Looks like a small monkey head shaved to look human. Look up "Tamarin" and see what I mean. Looks like a small monkey head shaved to look human. Look up “Tamarin” and see what I mean.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/06/07/authentic-shrunken-h.html#comment-805372 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-805372 oh man -- i work RIGHT down the road from red baron's. wonder if the lil' guy's on display? i should try to pay him a visit (and take pics, if allowed)! oh, and my vote's on "shaved monkey head" too. oh man — i work RIGHT down the road from red baron’s. wonder if the lil’ guy’s on display? i should try to pay him a visit (and take pics, if allowed)!

oh, and my vote’s on “shaved monkey head” too.

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