Native American language Native American information Find your Native American ancestors

Tzantza: See Tsantsa

"Tzantza" is an alternate spelling of Tsantsa, an indigenous word for shrunken head talismans in the languages of the Shuar and Achuar Indians.

Sponsored Links

Tzantza Resources

Here are links to some online resources about Tzantza head-shrinking:
Tzantza Head Shrinkers
The Shrunken Heads of Jivaro
Tzantza Shrunken Heads
Tsantsas: How Shrunken Heads Work

Here are links to our webpages about the Shuar and Achuar tribes:
Tsantsa
Shuar
Achuar
Achuar pronunciation
Amazon Indian languages
Jivaroan languages

Books about the Tzantzas

Here are a few good books about Tzantzas and the Jivaro tribes:
Shrunken Heads: Tsantsa Trophies and Human Exotica
Jivaro: Head-Hunters Of The Amazon
The Jivaro: People of the Sacred Waterfalls

Back to our Native American Indian dictionary

Would you like to help support our organization's work with the Shuar language?