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Pictures of papua province [last update 2011-12-25]


Below you will find a collection of photos from various places. Except where noted, pictures were taken by Rhett A. Butler, copyright 1994-2012. 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 man in Anyelma



Mummified human in New Guinea



Dani man



Dani warrior



Papuan man in Wamena



Dani man with penis gourd



Dani elder in traditional garb



Dani man in traditional ceremonial dress



Warning: vomitting blood prohibited (or no spitting betelnut juice)



Dani woman with a cassowary headdress



Papuan man holding a feather headdress



Sentani bark paintings



Lani grass hut



Papuan man in Wamena



Lani huts in the Baliem Valley



Papua man in tradition dress



Dani man with penis gourd



Group in Dani in a highland village



Agricultural and forest fires in New Guinea



Children in a Dani village



Group of Papuan kids



Rope bridge near Wamena



Dani woman



Cuscus being sold as meat in the Wamena market



Dani warrior



Alex, a Dani man



Lani man in his hut



Lani man carrying firewood and a machete



Group in Dani in a highland village



Highland trees and fields in New Guinea



Lani man in his hut



Dani man wearing only his penis gourd



Dani elder in traditional dress



Dani elder in traditional costume



Kids among sweet potato fields in the highlands of New Guinea



Dani village



Girl in Anyelma



Dani warrior



Lake Sentani houses on stilts



Dani man receiving a pig ear



Dani man



Dani man



Limestone rock formations in New Guinea



Rope bridge near Wamena



Dani feast



Red Rainbowfish (Glossolepis incisus) in its natural habitat: Lake Sentani



Dani man



Lake Sentani homes on stilts



Deforestation-induced landslide near Jayapura



Dani woman



Agricultural valley in the highlands of New Guinea



Aerial view of oil palm plantations in Indonesian New Guinea



Deforestation-induced landslide near Jayapura



Red Fruit (Pandanus conoideus), a traditional fruit known by Papuans as kuansu.



Deforestation around Lake Sentani



Papua mummy



Dani hut



Dani man receiving a pig ear



Forest fire in New Guinea



Logs on a hillside deforested for agriculture



Dani elder in traditional dress atop a watch tower



Dani man



Dani fence



Dani warrior



Girl in Anyelma



Papuan man with many children



Huge washout from a landslide in New Guinea



Werapak Elosarek, a Dani 'big man' (Kain), who was mummified after his death in the 1600s



Sentani man



Dani boy in the highlands of New Guinea



Limestone karst pinnacles



Papuan man



Terraced agricultural fields in the highlands of New Guinea



Papuan woman working in a field in the highlands of New Guinea



Dani men in ceremonial battle



Dani man



Smoke rising from a Dani village



Highland agricultural landscape and huts in New Guinea



Dani man



Papuan man removing the bone from his nose



Lake Sentani homes on stilts



Dani man starting a fire with fiber and kindle



Papuan man with his pig



Dani man carving up a pig using bamboo knives



Men carrying fire wood in New Guinea



Freshly cut bundles of wood in New Guinea



Garden in highlands of New Guinea


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