Discovery Collection: Dani Women #59

Discovery Collection

Piece #59 of 100

Portrait of Dani women. The Dani are an ethnic group found only in 1938 and living in the central highlands of West Papua (Indonesia). They remained until then technically still in the stone age. The use of ornaments hanging from a cord around his neck to protect against the spirits, is widespread. Women also often wear on the head of the bags of rope with which to carry heavy loads such as vegetables, children or even pigs.

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