Cannibal Talk: The Man-Eating Myth and Human Sacrifice in the South Seas

List of Illustrations

I L LU S T R AT I O N S xi 1. Tupinamba quartering captive and boiling intestines and head 5 2. Distribution of head and intestines among Tupinamba women and children 6 3. Tupinamba grilling of quarters for women with sagging breasts, menfolk, and children 7 4. A human sacrifice in Tahiti 81 5. Head of Chief Hongi carved by himself, 1814 119 6. Caricature of Dr. Gall, a famous phrenologist, delivering a lecture 121 7. Peter Dillon and the defenders of the rock 209 8. Butcher’s shop in the Anziques 225 9. The quartering of Robert-François Damien 237 10. View in the Catacombs 257 11. Skull exhibits from Cambodia killing fields 258 ...