The Pitt Rivers Museum has been closed for several months due to the coronavirus pandemic. Credit: Ian Wallman/Pitt Rivers Museum/University of OxfordHugh Warwick/Pitt Rivers Museum/University of OxfordAmong the artifacts are the Shuar Tsanta -- or shrunken heads -- made by the Shuar and Achuar people of Ecuador and South America. The heads, as well as other human remains including Naga trophy heads and the mummy of an Egyptian child, have now been moved to storage. Credit: Hugh Warwick/Pitt Rivers Museum/University of OxfordThe shrunken heads have long been a source of controversy. The museum said that it still "takes care of," rather than owns, more than 2,800 human remains from different parts of the world.

Source: CNN September 15, 2020 14:24 UTC