JIVARO: Head-Hunters of the Amazon

The Jivaro Indians of the Peru-Ecuador interior have long been renowned for their ferocity and cruelty in warfare: they are also shamanistic, communing with ancient specters through the ingestion of poisonous hallucinogens. But they are perhaps best known for their macabre brand of death magic: the severing and shrinking of human heads. This volume chronicles an expedition to the Amazon to locate and study the Jivaro Indians. Photos.