tags: papuanewguinea oceania
anthrolology
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Mt. Hagen, Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea, 2004
submitted by milan janda
tags: papuanewguinea oceania submission
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Villagers from Koke village in Papua New Guinea carry Moimango, mummified half a century ago, up to his cliff-niche perch. His son (crouching) hopes to be mummified someday too. Mummies are a daily part of the living culture in Koke.
Photo by Ulla Lohmann, courtesy National Geographic.
When think mummies, we think Egypt. But there’s more than one way to make a mummy – and more that one culture that’s done it. It’s with salt in Egypt, but high dry air in the Incan Andes, and smoke in Papua New Guinea. Never mind Lenin’s tomb in Moscow, Mao’s mausoleum in Beijing, and outliers all over.
(Source: adsertoris, via addictions)
tags: papuanewguinea oceania
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Skull deformation in Arawe on South New Britain. The head bes Little child, will bind by wrapping with raffia, to a tower-skull-trained. (via haabet2003)
tags: oceania papuanewguinea arawe
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