12/21/11 Re SHRINKING HEADS by MARY ROACH "The bobcat was no man’s enemy. It is one of the hundreds of wildlife roadkill whose pelts, bones, and tissue samples help make up the research collection of the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at the University of California at Berkeley. My friend Monica Albe runs the preparation lab. I asked her if she might be interested in shrinking a head. As it turns out, the most challenging part of head shrinking isn’t the shrinking; it’s the skinning. A shrunken head is basically skin removed from the skull and then contracted and hardened by boiling it and filling it .. http://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/exploration/Do-Ick-Yourself.html "Author Mary Roach has become known for writing about fascinating and bizarre topics, from cadavers to life on Mars. Her atest piece, "Say Hello to My Little Friend," explores the history of shrunken heads, from the Ecuadorian tribe that created them for ceremonial purposes, to the huge trade in counterfeit heads that grew up in the early 20th century. Roach even shares her"recipe" for shrinking the head of a bobcat..." http://www.scpr.org/programs/madeleine-brand/2011/12/21/21853/say-hello-to-my-little-friend-exploring-the-craze-

Re SHRINKING HEADS by MARY ROACH
"The bobcat was no man’s enemy. It is one of the hundreds of wildlife roadkill whose pelts, bones, and tissue samples help make up the research collection of the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at the University of California at Berkeley. My friend Monica Albe runs the preparation lab. I asked her if she might be interested in shrinking a head. As it turns out, the most challenging part of head shrinking isn’t the shrinking; it’s the skinning. A shrunken head is basically skin removed from the skull and then contracted and hardened by boiling it and filling it ..
http://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/exploration/Do-Ick-Yourself.html

"Author Mary Roach has become known for writing about fascinating and bizarre topics, from cadavers to life on Mars. Her atest piece, "Say Hello to My Little Friend," explores the history of shrunken heads, from the Ecuadorian tribe that created them for ceremonial purposes, to the huge trade in counterfeit heads that grew up in the early 20th century. Roach even shares her"recipe" for shrinking the head of a bobcat..."
http://www.scpr.org/programs/madeleine-brand/2011/12/21/21853/say-hello-to-my-little-friend-exploring-the-craze-