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This helped hasten trade between the Shuar who had tsantsas they considered ineffective following the ritual celebrations and outsiders who had guns they were keen to commerce for the heads. The rate was often an even exchange: one gun for one head [supply: McGuiness]. The demand amongst Westerners for tsantsas led to a rise in …
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