Headhunting and Colonialism Anthropology and the Circulation of Human Skulls in the Portuguese Empire, 1870-1930 | EKB DL

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Headhunting and Colonialism Anthropology and the Circulation of Human Skulls in the Portuguese Empire, 1870-1930

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An exploration of headhunting and the collection of heads for European museums in the context of colonial wars, from the 1870s to the 1930s. The book offers a new understanding of the mutually dependent interaction between indigenous peoples and colonial powers, and how collected remains became regarded as objects of wider significance.