Gardens of War: Life and Death in the New Guinea Stone AgeConsists of photographs taken by members of the Harvard-Peabody New Guinea Expedition, arranged in sections, each preceded by an essay. |
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Abututi Aikhé ambush anthropologist Baliem Valley bamboo banana blood bow and arrow boys brine pool called carried ceremony child close compound corpse cowrie shells culture Cymbium Dani Dead Birds death digging sticks ditch etai-eken expedition fallow garden family house feathers fighting film fire formal battles front funeral ghosts girl gourds Grand Valley grass Guinea hand Harvard Harvard-Peabody Heider important killed Kurelu lashed leaders living look magic man's land men's house Michael Rockefeller miles missionaries morning mountain wall mourning mouth harp Netherlands New Guinea ornaments Peter Matthiessen photographs pigs plant play poles pyre raiding party ritual Robert Gardner salt seeds shell bands shouting side smeared sometimes spear spend stone adze string sweet potatoes tower valley floor village vines Wali Wamena warfare warriors watch watchtower weapons weem Weyak Willihiman-Wallalua Wittaia woman women wood wounded young