Susana Madera Zamora, Ecuador, Dec 13 (EFE).- The spirit of ancestors who lived about 9.000 years ago in the southern part of what is now Ecuador “comes alive” in an archaeological exhibition center that houses unique pieces of the Machinaza culture. These artifacts were discovered in the last decade during the construction and operation of …
The Arutam Wakam Center in Ecuador, which displays artifacts from the ancient Machinaza culture, represents the spirit of ancestors from 9,000 years ago.
Researchers have authenticated the shrunken head held in the collection at Chatham-Kent Museum in Ontario, Canada as coming from a Peruvian Indian woman.
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A shrunken head that was used as a prop in John Huston s 1979 dark comedy Wise Blood was confirmed to have been real human remains.
The head, known as a tsantsa, was a sacred artifact obtained by Mercer University in 1942 after a former faculty member acquired it in Ecuador while serving in the U.S. military, People magazine reported on Tuesday.
According to the outlet, Mercer University scientists Craig D. Byron and Adam M. Kiefer made the revelation in a research paper shared on Heritage Science.
The head or tsantsa was found in the collections of Mercer University
It was acquired by a former faculty member in Amazonian Ecuador back in 1942
Before it could be repatriated, the Ecuador government needed it authenticated
Demand for tsantsas in the 19th century saw the production of many forgeries
Experts from Mercer compared the head s features to known genuine articles
They looked, for example, at the tsantsa s size, structure, hairs and hairstyle