my strange flea market find of the day

[mohawkman4081]

I found this shrunken head and antique canning bottle today at the flea market

 

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[Diggit]

Banner!

 

[jeff of pa]

LOL Cool !

I wonder if it's real

I read somewhere allot are made from Monkeys.

A few years ago (in the 80's) Shrunken heads were the rich Peoples Curio of choice.

there are way more fake ones out there though.

 

[mohawkman4081]

I believe the hair is human hair and the head is some type of animal skin crafted to look human.

 

[Diggit]

I remember watching a TV show that had something about shrunken heads (real ones), and one of them had red hair and a mustache, and a very "French" look about it.

 

[nsdq]

yummy cammed and plickled head

 

[curbdiggercarl57]

Oh I'd so have that hanging from my rear view mirror!
Beats a pair of dice any day!
Carl

 

[JohnDroid]

99% of the time they are fake

 

[Minrelica]

The skin is from a pig and the hair is from a horse. There are some variations on the skin but the hair is generally horse mane.

 

[cyberdan]

Great find, the show Diggit was talking about is probably Oddities by the Discovery channel. Who knows they may be interested in buying. They are in NY, NY great show and very knowledgeble about odd things.

 

[OldSowBreath]

Wait a minute...Didn't Goober just die?

 

[boris]

That's the lady who did not want me to detect. She goes to a shrink now.

 

[diggummup]

Cool find, not one of the most accurate looking shrunken head replicas, or maybe it's just a bad photo but still a cool find. Did you try smelling it? LOL

Barry Weiss from Storage Wars found several in a lunch cooler once too. They were also fake. Some of the

 

[mohawkman4081]

I know its not a human shrunken head, it's probally made of goat skin and maybe horse hair either way it's a cool find and goes well with my shrunken head art work.