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Below you will find a collection of photos from Indonesia. Pictures were taken by Rhett A. Butler in 2006, 2008, 2009, and 2010. While these images are the property of mongabay.com, it may be permissible to use them for non-commercial purposes (like powerpoint presentations and school projects), provided that the images are not altered in any form. Please read this for more details. If you are interested in using an image in a publication please contact me.


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Dani warrior


Riverside village downriver from Bantimurung falls (Sulawesi (Celebes))
Riverside village downriver from Bantimurung falls


Red anchovies at fish market in Rantepao (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)
Red anchovies at fish market in Rantepao


Palawa village (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)
Palawa village



Dani elder in traditional garb



Papuan man in Wamena



Dani man



Coastline near the village of Sunur, West Java



Mummified human in New Guinea



Dani man with penis gourd



Dani man in Anyelma



Dani man in traditional ceremonial dress


Top breed white water buffalo (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)
Top breed white water buffalo



Lani man carrying firewood and a machete


Selecting among fish at market in Rantepao (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)
Selecting among fish at market in Rantepao



Dani man receiving a pig ear



Group in Dani in a highland village



Dani elder in traditional costume



Dani man wearing only his penis gourd



Dani warrior



Dani woman



Beach near Batu Putih, a fishing village in North Sulawesi, with Tangkoko Reserve in the background


Painting of roosters and water buffalos--orange, red, and dark brown paint (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)
Painting of roosters and water buffalos--orange, red, and dark brown paint



Dani warrior



Rumah Kaki Seribu (thousand feet house), a traditional hut in the highlands of West Papua, New Guinea



Dani woman with a cassowary headdress



Lake Sentani houses on stilts



Papuan man holding a feather headdress


Muddy rice fields near Ketu Kese (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)
Muddy rice fields near Ketu Kese



Group in Dani in a highland village



Alex, a Dani man



Arrows in the hand of a Mouley


Traditional painting on the side of a home in Palawa (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)
Traditional painting on the side of a home in Palawa. Orange and black-brown paint has been used to color the art.


Vendor carrying all of his wares on the back of his motorbike (Sulawesi (Celebes))
Vendor carrying all of his wares on the back of his motorbike



Lani grass hut



Traditional Mouley hut in the Arfak highlands outside of Manokrawi


Isolated mountain home in forests of Sulawesi (Sulawesi (Celebes))
Isolated mountain home in forests of Sulawesi



Kids among sweet potato fields in the highlands of New Guinea


Sulawesi home outside of Makassar (Sulawesi (Celebes))
Sulawesi home outside of Makassar



Men loading sardines for export into the back of a pickup truck



Children in a Dani village


Sulawesi home outside of Ujung Pandang (Sulawesi (Celebes))
Sulawesi home outside of Ujung Pandang



Armed clansmen in New Guinea



Lani man in his hut



Armed Papuans



Papua man in tradition dress



Sentani bark paintings



Dani village



Girl in Anyelma



Dani man



Fishing village of Batu Putih



Dani elder in traditional dress



Lani huts in the Baliem Valley



Fishing boat along the coastline near the village of Sunur, West Java



Group of Papuan kids



Traditional wood and bark hut build by the Mouley clan



Dani man with penis gourd



Lani man in his hut



Rope bridge near Wamena



Papuan man in Wamena




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