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Shrunken heads (tsantsas) in museum collections could be authenticated and better understood using sophisticated imaging methods

08.03.22 | PLOS

3D rendered image of the micro-CT scan of the tsantsa (software: Dragonfly 2022.1). Credit: Andrew Nelson, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Shrunken heads (tsantsas) in museum collections could be authenticated and better understood using sophisticated imaging methods.

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Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0270305

Article Title: Correlative tomography and authentication features of a shrunken head (tsantsa)

Author Countries: Canada, Ecuador

Funding: The authors received no specific funding for this work.

PLOS ONE

10.1371/journal.pone.0270305

Correlative tomography and authentication features of a shrunken head (tsantsa)

3-Aug-2022

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Additional Media

3D rendered video of the micro-CT scan of the tsantsa (software: Dragonfly 2022.1). Credit: Andrew Nelson, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Keywords

Museums Social Sciences Tomography

Article Information

Journal

PLOS ONE

DOI

10.1371/journal.pone.0270305

Article Publication Date

2022-08-03

Article Title

Correlative tomography and authentication features of a shrunken head (tsantsa)

COI Statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Contact Information

Hanna Abdallah

PLOS

onepress@plos.org

How to Cite This Article

APA:

PLOS. (2022, August 3). Shrunken heads (tsantsas) in museum collections could be authenticated and better understood using sophisticated imaging methods. Brightsurf News. https://www.brightsurf.com/news/LMJ0KWEL/shrunken-heads-tsantsas-in-museum-collections-could-be-authenticated-and-better-understood-using-sophisticated-imaging-methods.html

MLA:

"Shrunken heads (tsantsas) in museum collections could be authenticated and better understood using sophisticated imaging methods." Brightsurf News, Aug. 3 2022, https://www.brightsurf.com/news/LMJ0KWEL/shrunken-heads-tsantsas-in-museum-collections-could-be-authenticated-and-better-understood-using-sophisticated-imaging-methods.html.