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Lot 640: An Alpaca Hide Replica Shrunken Head
An ethnographic style replica shrunken head, likely constructed from treated alpaca hide. This curiosity piece features a dark, textured head with closed eyes and a mouth secured by traditional style natural fibre ties and three small wooden pegs. The specimen is characterised by extremely long, dark brown hair and is decorated with a single blue feather and a small bone or shell fragment. It is suspended by a length of twisted jute or hemp twine. The item bears an auction room label for Liskeard Auction Rooms, Lot 640, and a secondary handwritten inventory tag numbered 9521.
Head length: 10cm
Total length including hair and twine: 65cm.
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