Human ornaments including a dried and smoked foot, hands and portions of a skull of a New Guinea man, worn by grieving relatives of the deceased as a memorial. After a 19th century photograph.


Human ornaments including a dried and smoked foot, hands and portions of a skull of a New Guinea man, worn by grieving relatives of the deceased as a memorial. From Customs of The World, published circa 1913.


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