Discovery Collection: The Young Warrior #84

Discovery Collection

Piece #84 of 100

Portrait of a Dani child among the array of warriors of his tribe. 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. Ritual small-scale warfare between rival villages is integral to traditional Dani culture, with much time spent preparing weapons and treating resulting injuries. Typically the emphasis in battle is to insult the enemy and wound or kill token victims, as opposed to capturing territory or property or vanquishing the enemy village.

Published by: Civilization, The Daily Mail