Peaceful end for Maori head

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4162581.stm

[ Edited by: filslash 2008-09-13 11:44 ]

"After death the heads were very often removed and kept with families and clans as that direct link."

I will never complain about dusting the frames of family photographs again.

I didn't read anything about the preserved heads being "smoked" ... is that the typical way they were preserved?