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Papua New Guinea

A warrior carefully paints his face.

The final result.

Men from another village. Notice their headdresses.

Bows and arrows are used for hunting, too.

This headdress is made from his own hair. He is known as a wigman.

Ann with a wigman.

A child practices his dance.

THis man sold me his mask!

By rubbing two sticks together he can start a fire!

Not your ordinary every-day companions!

The people of the highlands still keep their old customs.

People from a village just across a road may speak a different dialect.

Part of a wrecked plane from World War II.

She is dressed for a dance!

Making music.

Long ago in battle, men fell into the mud and the way they looked scared away their enemies.

From then on, the Goroko tribe painted their bodies with mud and made mud masks.

A grieving widow covers herself with mud for a year.

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