Headhunting and colonialism anthropology and the circulation of human skulls in the Portuguese empire, 1870-1930 /

"Explores headhunting in the colonial wars and the collection of heads for European museums, 1870s-1930s. By looking at Portuguese colonialism in East Timor, it shows how indigenous peoples and colonial powers interacted in a mutually dependent way, and how collected remains became objects of p...

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Main Author: Roque, Ricardo
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Series:Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series.
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