| 释义 |
‖ tsantsa|ˈtsantsə|
Also tzantza.
[Jivaro.]
A human head shrunk as a trophy by the Jivaros of Ecuador.
1923R. 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. 1957Encycl. Brit. XIII. 70/1 The finished ‘tsantsa’ is about the size of the head of a small monkey, and preserves strikingly the human expression. 1966J. 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. 1977New Yorker 25 July 81/2 Another is the stealthy sale by dubious chaps of shrunken heads (tsantsa), war trophies of the Jivaro head-hunters. |