tsantsan.

/ˈtsantsə/

Forms: Also tzantza.

Etymology: Jivaro.

A human head shrunk as a trophy by the Jivaros of Ecuador.

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society > armed hostility > victory > [noun] > sign of victory > enemy's head, brain, or scalp

scalp1601

sculp1743

brain ball1841

shrunken head1875

tsantsa1923

1923 R. Karsten Blood Revenge 14 That the blood feuds which take place within the tribe have an entirely different character from the wars of extermination waged against foreign tribes also appears from the fact that only in the latter case..the victors make trophies (tsantsas) of the heads of their slain enemies.

1957 Encycl. Brit. XIII. 70/1 The finished ‘tsantsa’ is about the size of the head of a small monkey, and preserves strikingly the human expression.

1966 J. M. Woodman in Fodor's Guide to S. Amer. 177 The famed Jívaro shrunken heads or tzantzas are extremely rare. Many good imitations are for sale in almost every gift shop in Ecuador, and a good goat-hide imitation tzantza usually costs around $2.60.

1977 New Yorker 25 July 81/2 Another is the stealthy sale by dubious chaps of shrunken heads (tsantsa), war trophies of the Jivaro head-hunters.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	tsantsa
释义	tsantsan. /ˈtsantsə/ Forms: Also tzantza. Etymology: Jivaro. A human head shrunk as a trophy by the Jivaros of Ecuador. ΘΠ society > armed hostility > victory > [noun] > sign of victory > enemy's head, brain, or scalp scalp1601 sculp1743 brain ball1841 shrunken head1875 tsantsa1923 1923 R. Karsten Blood Revenge 14 That the blood feuds which take place within the tribe have an entirely different character from the wars of extermination waged against foreign tribes also appears from the fact that only in the latter case..the victors make trophies (tsantsas) of the heads of their slain enemies. 1957 Encycl. Brit. XIII. 70/1 The finished ‘tsantsa’ is about the size of the head of a small monkey, and preserves strikingly the human expression. 1966 J. M. Woodman in Fodor's Guide to S. Amer. 177 The famed Jívaro shrunken heads or tzantzas are extremely rare. Many good imitations are for sale in almost every gift shop in Ecuador, and a good goat-hide imitation tzantza usually costs around $2.60. 1977 New Yorker 25 July 81/2 Another is the stealthy sale by dubious chaps of shrunken heads (tsantsa), war trophies of the Jivaro head-hunters. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1923
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