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Headhunting

Headhunting is the practice of hunting a human and collecting the severed head after killing the victim. More portable body parts (such as ear, nose, or scalp) can be taken as trophies, instead. Headhunting has been practiced by many cultures throughout the world.

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Avg. degree1.99
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related to Sources · 136
Headhunting → Academic Press, Accumulation, American Anthropologist, An Illustrated Dictionary, Ancient Mexico, Aztec Cannibalism Theory, Beatrice, Behavior, Berkeley, Bernard, California Press, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, Camphor, Chikuma Shobo, Circulation, Co, Coal, Comment, Commercial Crospects
related to World War II · 31
Headhunting → Allied, Allies, American, Americans, Australian, Borneo, British, But, Chief, Commander, Dayak, During World War II, Following, German, Historians, Imperial Japanese Army, In Borneo, In September, Italian, Japanese
related to Art · 27
Headhunting → An Iban, Anti-war, April, Atrocity, British, Commonwealth, Daily Worker, Each, Fashion, Hen Yan, In, Kent Regiment, London, Malaya, Malayan EmergencyTwo, Manchester, Mask, Mediums, MNLA, National Army Museum
related to Malayan Emergency · 24
Headhunting → Admiralty, Borneo, British, British Communist Party's, Colonial Office, Colonial Secretary Oliver Lyttelton, Commons, Commonwealth, Daily Worker, Dayak, During, House, Iban, In, In April, Initially, Malaya, Malayan Emergency, Malayan National Liberation Army, Morning Star
related to Celts · 21
Headhunting → Ancient Romans, Anglo-Scottish, Border Reivers, Celtic, Celts, Christianity, Cúchulainn, Europe, Germanic, Greeks, Heads, Iberians, In, Irish, Middle Ages, Nechtan, The, The Celtic Gaels, The Celts, This
related to Indonesia and Malaysia · 21
Headhunting → Among, Berawan, Christianity, Dusun, Elio Modigliani, He, Human, Iban, Ideas, In Southeast Asia, Italian, Kadazan, Kwijau, Lotud Dusuns, Mappurondo, Murut, Nias, Other, South Nias, Sumatra
related to Montenegrins · 19
Headhunting → Cetinje Monastery, Dinaric, European, He, In, King Nicholas, Montenegrin, Montenegrins, Montenegro, Ottoman Empire, Petar II Petrović-Njegoš, Serbs, Southeastern Europe, Tablja, The, The Montenegrins, The Tablja, They, Turkish
related to Amazon · 17
Headhunting → Amazon, Bobonaza, Chinchipe, Eastern Ecuador, In, It, Jivaroan, Morona, Northern Peru, Pastaza, Several, Shuar, The, They, Tzan-tza, Tzan-Tzas, Upano
related to China · 14
Headhunting → After Shang Yang's, Autumn, British, During, In, Myanmar, Qin, Shan State, Southwest China, Spring, Thailand, The Wa, Warring States, Wild Wa
related to Taiwan · 13
Headhunting → All, Han Taiwanese, It, Ivatan, Japanese, Orchid Island, Philippines, Taiwan, Taiwanese, Taiwanese Mountain Aborigines, Taiwanese Plains Aborigines, The, Yami

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Headhuntingis apractice of hunting a human and collecting the severed head after killing the victim0.90text
gunsinstance ofThe heads would be accompanied with other spoils of war0.80text
gongsinstance ofThe heads would be accompanied with other spoils of war0.80text
spearsinstance ofThe heads would be accompanied with other spoils of war0.80text
knives distributed to the families of the warriors via small paymentsinstance ofThe heads would be accompanied with other spoils of war0.80text
Headhuntingrelated to AmazonSeveral0.60section
Headhuntingrelated to AmazonJivaroan0.60section
Headhuntingrelated to AmazonShuar0.60section
Headhuntingrelated to AmazonEastern Ecuador0.60section
Headhuntingrelated to AmazonNorthern Peru0.60section
Headhuntingrelated to AmazonChinchipe0.60section
Headhuntingrelated to AmazonBobonaza0.60section

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