Charring AuhLike #iatmul #fieldmuseum @fieldmuseum Amongst the Iatmul (and also the #Sawos) on the central #Sepikriver, the skulls of important, deceased men where covered with reddish clay, a face was newly modelled out of this clay, and decorated with the patterns that the deceased had also worn as face-painting for ceremonies and feasts when he was alive. These r
Like #iatmul #fieldmuseum @fieldmuseum Amongst the Iatmul (and also the #Sawos) on the central #Sepikriver, the skulls of important, deceased men where covered with reddish clay, a face was newly modelled out of this clay, and decorated with the patterns that the deceased had also worn as face-painting for ceremonies and feasts when he was alive. These r
The #Iatmul are a large ethnic group of about 10,000 people inhabiting some two-dozen politically autonomous villages along the middle #SepikRiver in Papua New Guinea. The communities are roughly grouped according to dialect of the Iatmul language as
History Happened EverywhereSome tribes in Papua New Guinea use scarification to help them resemble the crocodiles of the Sepik river and evoke their power. The rite-of-passed results in remarkable body-covering markings.
https://www.wildfrontierstravel.com/en_GB/blog/the-crocodile-men-of-papua-new-guinea
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