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  2. Jivaroan peoples - Wikipedia

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    the Jivaros scattered over this vast territory of approximately 22,000 square miles (57,000 km 2) are of similar appearance physically; they speak a single language and their customs, beliefs and material culture are closely interrelated. With this, however, their unity ends.

  3. Shuar - Wikipedia

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    From the time of first contact with Europeans in the 16th century, to the formation of the Shuar Federation in the 1950s and 1960s, Shuar were semi-nomadic and lived in separate households dispersed in the rainforest, linked by the loosest of kin and political ties, and lacking corporate kin-groups or centralized or institutionalized political leadership.

  4. Shrunken head - Wikipedia

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    Shrunken heads in the permanent collection of Ye Olde Curiosity Shop, Seattle. A shrunken head is a severed and specially-prepared human head – often decreased to many times smaller than typical size – that is used for trophy, ritual, trade, or other purposes.

  5. Jivaro - Wikipedia

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    Jivaro or Jibaro, also spelled Hivaro or Hibaro, may refer to: . Jíbaro (Puerto Rico), mountain-dwelling peasants in Puerto Rico Jíbaro music, a Puerto Rican musical genre ...

  6. Jivaro (film) - Wikipedia

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    Jivaro (also known as Lost Treasure of the Amazon) is a 1954 American 3-D adventure film directed by Edward Ludwig and starring Fernando Lamas, Rhonda Fleming and Brian Keith.

  7. Achuar - Wikipedia

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    Achuar life centers on the domestic household, which consists of a basic family unit often including close relatives. Although the Achuar ideal is household autonomy and independence in terms of subsistence economy, [6] there are usually about ten to fifteen households within the society dispersed throughout the area but still in a relatively close distance of each other.

  8. Chicham languages - Wikipedia

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    The extinct Palta language was classified as Chicham by Jacinto Jijón y Caamaño about 1940 and was followed by Čestmír Loukotka.However, only a few words are known, and Kaufman (1994) states that there is "little resemblance".

  9. Waorani people - Wikipedia

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    A Huaorani village in Ecuador. The Waorani, Waodani, or Huaorani, also known as the Waos, are an Indigenous people from the Amazonian Region of Ecuador (Napo, Orellana, and Pastaza Provinces) who have marked differences from other ethnic groups from Ecuador.