CUSCO, PERU—Cameron Diaz just can’t win these days. The American actress, who was criticized last week for carrying a Maoist handbag in a country that suffered years of fighting with communist rebels, managed to find a handbag even more offensive: a purse made from a hollowed-out Indian head.
Diaz found herself in hot water last week when she was spotted in the ancient Incan city of Machu Picchu, sporting a messenger bag emblazoned with a reference to Mao Zedong—a sensitive issue in a country that saw nearly 70,000 people die during a communist revolution in the 80s and 90s.
Everyone knows that celebrities need trendy accessories, but Diaz’s choice was startling to say the least. Nobody knows how she managed to obtain an actual Indian head, but there she was Sunday, taking in the sights at the Sacsayhuaman ruins near Cusco, Peru.
Apart from the gruesome and offensive nature of her new accessory, the hollowed-out Indian head raises some questions about Diaz’s activities on her vacation, Cusco Chief of Police Juan Amenezar told reporters Sunday afternoon. “If she just found it along the trail, that’s one thing. But if she killed an Indian to make her handbag, then we have a problem.”
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