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Alongside the skull - which is from a Belgian collection – the sale listed shrunken heads from the Jivaro people of South America and skulls from the Ekoi people of West Africa.

Among the items initially listed were shrunken heads from the Jivaro people of South America, skulls from the Ekoi people of West Africa and a 19th century horned human skull from the Naga people of India and Myanmar.

The ��������� people of Ecuador posit the existence of three souls, each imbued with unique potential.

Among the pieces on display these days is an Egyptian mummy with a burial mask, a 20th-century shrunken head from Jivaro Indians of South America and a Jurassic-Period dinosaur egg from China.

For example, in South America, heads of defeated enemies were often used as war trophies — the Arara people in the Brazilian Amazon used skulls of defeated enemies as musical instruments, the Inca turned skulls into drinking jars, and the Jivaro people of Ecuador shrunk heads to imprison the souls of foes.