Edmund Bielawski

Edmund Bielawski (or Edmundo Bielawski) was a Polish explorer and documentary film maker.[1] In 1961 during an expedition to American Cordillera, searching for the beginning of the Amazon River, he captured footage of the human headshrinking rituals by the Shuar people.[2][3] He also made a film about the Amazon River (Bezkresne horyzonty Amazonii).[1]

References
  1. (in Polish) Ryszard Badowski, SPÓR O ŹRÓDŁA AMAZONKI, Wiedza i Życie
  2. Rare Headshrinking Footage Confirmed?
  3. "Search for the Amazon Headshrinkers". Archived from the original on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2011-02-13.


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