Background Information 4.Head-hunting It refers to the practice of obtaining and preserving the heads of one's enemies.Believed by some that the power of persons whose heads were taken was added to that already possessed by the successful warrior or his village.Once widely practiced,it is now rare.Background Information 4. Head-hunting It refers to the practice of obtaining and preserving the heads of one’s enemies. Believed by some that the power of persons whose heads were taken was added to that already possessed by the successful warrior or his village. Once widely practiced, it is now rare