The Cannibals of New Guinea

 

These tribesmen show off and adjust their nose ornaments.

 

Remember when you were little, and you saw cartoons of a cannibal king and all his wicked men dancing around a clergyman in a pot? Well, it's true. The missionary who built this Jesuit chapel, was killed and eaten by the locals.

 

A war trophy.

 

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