Oxford museum removes shrunken heads made by Amazon headhunting tribe | Daily Mail Online
Their core values aren't displaying the truth?
I assume depiction of the British Empire as being harsh to their colonies is to be removed?
Its history warts and all!
Oxford museum removes shrunken heads made by Amazon headhunting tribe after bosses said exhibiting human remains 'reinforces racist and stereotypical thinking'
- Pitt Rivers Museum took down display ahead of its reopening on 22 September
- Dr Laura Van Broekhoven said collection goes against the museum's 'core values'
- The removal comes as part of a three-year internal review by museum in Oxford
The Shuar and Achuar people of Ecuador and South America made the shrunken heads, or 'tsantas', as they believed it would harness the spirit of the enemy and prevent the soul from avenging his death.
I assume depiction of the British Empire as being harsh to their colonies is to be removed?
Its history warts and all!
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