Working in the security department for the Metropolitan Museum of Art for nearly 40 years, John Barelli wrangled royalty, naked visitors, falling statues and shrunken human heads. He recounts ...

The Mabee Gerrer Museum of Art was founded in 1919. The museum features unique pieces of art, ancient artifacts and attractions that draw people from all over to Shawnee. "We have a number of tours.

At The Shrunken Head, you’ll find creative mixology on steroids. ... MORE ART FORWARD: Artists capture spirit of Dolly Stokes in Spittin' Image portrait challenge; ...

No one ever told me about the shrunken heads hidden away at the South Florida Museum. Real heads that used to be on the bodies of real people — that’s a little creepy when you think about it.

A shrunken head that was used in the 1979 dark comedy Wise Bloods was recently authenticated and confirmed to have been real human remains.

A shrunken head that was used as a prop in John Huston's 1979 dark comedy "Wise Blood" was confirmed to have been real human remains. The head, known as a tsantsa, was a sacred artifact obtained ...

South American shrunken heads, sometimes called tsantsas, are common in museum collections but it can be difficult to tell whether they are authentic—that is, made from real human remains.

For nearly 40 years, John Barelli helped secure one of the most precious collections in the world at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. He recently spoke to NewsHour Weekend’s Megan ...

An auction house in England has withdrawn human remains, including shrunken heads and ancestral skulls, from sale following an outcry.. The Swan auction house in Tetsworth, Oxfordshire withdrew ...

Researchers from Western University have verified the authenticity of a South American tsantsa (shrunken head) as human remains, an important step in the global effort toward decolonization and ...

These human heads with skin and hair, known as tsantsas, were made by the Shuar and Achuar people of Ecuador and Peru—up until the 1960s. The tsantsas are the museum’s most famed objects.