Contributors; 1. Introduction: headhunting as practice and trope Janet Hoskins; 2. Lyric, history, and allegory, or the end of headhunting ritual in upland Sulawesi Kenneth M. George; 3. Headtaking and the consolidation of political power in the early Brunei state Allen R. Maxwell; 4. Severed heads that germinate the state: history, politics, and headhunting in Southwest Timor Andrew McWilliam; 5. Buaya headhunting and its ritual: notes from a headhunting feast in Northern Luzon Jules De Raedt; 6. Telling violence in the Meratus mountains Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing; 7. The heritage of headhunting: history, ideology and violence on Sumba, 1890-1990 Janet Hoskins; 8. Images of headhunting Peter Metcalf; Index.
