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Tsanta - Shrunken Heads of the Jivaro Indians: An On-Line Exhibit of the Riverside Municipal Museum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) |
 | | The Jivaro (pronounced hee-var-o) are one of the most feared tribes in South America, and according to the anthropologist, Michael Harner, have the reputation of being one of the only tribal groups in the world to have successfully repelled European invasions into their homeland. |
| | Jivaro head shrinking is linked with Jivaro warfare, which is typical of other tribal groups in the area. |
| | The Jivaro make a sharp distinction between "war", which is the raiding of a neighboring tribe where they "speak or act" differently, and "feuding", which involves fighting between individuals or closely related Jivaro villages. |
| www.riversideca.gov /museum/exhibit/jivaro1.htm (1577 words) |
