To Drink of Death: The Narrative of a Shuar Warrior

By Janet Wall Hendricks

The Shuar people of southeastern Ecuador are famous for their fierce independence, their long resistance to conquest . . . and their practice of shrinking heads. Among the members of this warlike tribe, the name Tukup' is held in great respect as both a warrior and a shaman. Anthropologist Hendricks chanced to meet Tukup' during her fieldwork, and he accepted her invitation to tell his life story. That account, presented here, provides a valuable look at the Shuar--and their enemies, the neighboring Achuar--from the perspective of one of the last surviving warriors of a region long torn by intertribal conflict.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816513538
• ISBN13: 9780816513536
• Release Date: February 1994
• Publisher: University of Arizona Press
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 1.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.8" x 1.0" x 6.5"