This week Toronto suffered a massive loss with the untimely death of William Jamieson. Known to his friends as Billy, Jamieson was one of the world's foremost collectors of tribal art and ancient artifacts. He died at his home in downtown Toronto on Sunday.

The Ministry of Artistic Affairs was scheduled to visit Jamieson's remarkable museum-home in October of this year but now sadly mourns the loss of this most interesting of gentlemen.

In addition to being a highly respected dealer and collector of objects from cultures around the world, particularly the South Pacific, Indonesia, Africa, and the native peoples of the Americas, Jamieson was well-known for his collection of oddities and curiosities. Reflecting his fascination with the macabre, he will be perhaps most remembered for the real human shrunken heads he collected from the headhunter and cannibal cultures of the South Pacific.