{"product_id":"w32-faux-bat-shrunken-head-reproduction-tsantsa-by-local-tribesmen-oddities","title":"w32 Faux Bat \u0026 Shrunken Head reproduction Tsantsa by Local Tribesmen Oddities","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ebrand:\u003c\/strong\u003e Scenic City Oddities\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSubject:\u003c\/strong\u003e Shrunken Head REPO\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cfont rwr=\"1\" style=\"\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Arial\" size=\"4\"\u003ew32  #1.6\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cfont rwr=\"1\" style=\"\"\u003e\u003cfont style=\"\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Arial\" size=\"4\" style='font-family: \"Times New Roman\"; font-size: medium;'\u003e  So much for just hanging around, you can lose your head!  Maybe be carried off  by a creature of the night!  It looks as though this (faux) bat has stolen this trophy from its rightful owner!  \u003c\/font\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Arial\" size=\"4\" style=\"\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"3\"\u003eSure to creep even the stoutest of hearts!  He has been made by local tribesmen with indigenous features.  He has very long hair and facial hair.  Each head offered has been individually crafted.  The tribesmen use domestic goats (species: farmed domestic goats) for the hide and hair.  The also use the tribe methods used to make the original shrunken heads.   The head  was individually crafted from goat hide and hair in Ecuador by a talented artisan using methods comparable to original tsantsa (head shrinking).  String is also used to sew the mouth and eyes shut on these guys.  This guy is a hanging display\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"3\" style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\"\u003e , approx. size 8 x 6 x 6\", see ruler in last picture.  \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003cfont rwr=\"1\" size=\"4\" style=\"\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Arial\" style=\"\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cfont rwr=\"1\" style=\"\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Times New Roman\"\u003eSpecies: \u003c\/font\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(77, 81, 86); font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eCapra hircus\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Times New Roman\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cfont rwr=\"1\" size=\"4\" style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;\"\u003e\n\u003cfont rwr=\"1\" style=\"\"\u003e\u003cfont rwr=\"1\" size=\"4\" style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"Space-sc-1ntp1c3-0 iWDLzD font-hnr font-size-4 \" style='box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 20px; font-family: \"Helvetica Neue Roman Web\", \"Helvetica Neue\", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 16px; color: rgb(18, 18, 18); font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures;'\u003e\n\u003cfont rwr=\"1\" style=\"\"\u003e\u003cfont rwr=\"1\" size=\"4\" style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"Space-sc-1ntp1c3-0 jxmWHn body-text first-para-no-margin\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 8px;\"\u003e\n\u003cfont rwr=\"1\" style=\"\"\u003e\u003cfont rwr=\"1\" size=\"4\" style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;\"\u003eThe shrinking of human heads was originally only practiced by the Shuar people of Ecuador to trap the souls of their enemies.   They later became popular due to European demand from collectors for them. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style='color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-family: \"Segoe UI Historic\", \"Segoe UI\", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);'\u003eIt is no longer legal to shrink human heads so the modern tourist pieces are made from the skin of farmed domestic goats.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style='color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-family: \"Segoe UI Historic\", \"Segoe UI\", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);'\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cfont rwr=\"1\" style=\"\"\u003e\u003cfont rwr=\"1\" size=\"4\" style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003cfont rwr=\"1\"\u003e\u003cfont rwr=\"1\" size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cfont rwr=\"1\" size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cfont rwr=\"1\" size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"color: rgb(34, 34, 34); 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