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shrunken head thread

CHOp pED

SKKKREWED.

'bout time Prince Akeem got a shrine!

Unnecessary thread bump:

(Frasier is a shrink w. a large forehead)

(Beetlejuice of Howard Stern wackpack fame was named due to his resemblance to the shrunken head character in the movie Beetlejuice, also Robin Quivers is a champ! =) )

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A shrunken head is a severed and specially prepared human head that is used for trophy, ritual, or trade purposes.
Headhunting has occurred in many regions of the world, but the practice of headshrinking has only been documented in the northwestern region of the Amazon rainforest.[1] The only tribes known to have shrunken human heads are of the Jivaroan tribes. These include the Shuar, Achuar, Huambisa and Aguaruna tribes, found in Ecuador and Peru. The Shuar call a shrunken head a tsantsa,[2] also transliterated tzantza. Many tribe leaders would show off their heads to scare enemies.

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