Frances Larson Quotes

Visitors Say, 'Real Shrunken Heads! Wow! How Were They Made? By Slitting The Skin, Taking Out The Skull And Brains And Steaming Them With Hot Sand? Gross!' But What No One Asks Is: How Did They Get Here? What Are They Doing Hanging Up In A University Museum In The South Of England? Once You Start To Answer That Question, You Realize That Shrunken Heads Like These Are A Product As Much Of European Curiosity, European Taste And European Purchasing Power As They Are Of An Archaic Tribal Custom. It Is Time To Turn The Spotlight Round And Point It Back At People Like You And Me, And At Our Ancestors, Who Were Responsible For Bringing Hundreds Of These Heads Into Museums And People's Homes And Who Delighted In Them As Much As -- If Not More Than -- The People Who Created Them In The First Place. After All, It Is Not The Shuar Who Are Pressing Their Noses To The Glass Of An Exhibition Case In An Oxford University Museum.

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