I’m a career photographer in Toronto (ascending to semi-retirement levels) which allows me to assign myself some personal projects. I’m very interested in the collection of Tsantsa heads from William’s collection.

This has been a long-time fascination, and I’m now in the stage of producing a photo coffee-table book on the pieces, along with text describing them and (hopefully), other Shuar cultural practices. There is a corporate commercial sponsor genuinely interested in enabling the photography.

I only discovered recently that William has passed.
No one I’ve spoken with can seem to confirm that the collection still exists and if so has any idea where the collection now formally resides, or if it indeed is in the hands of family.

Someone must have it.
Would you be kind enough to respond and let me know whom I could speak with to begin arranging a project of this scope?

Best,

John Emrys