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A Yali woman is smearing ash on a pig. The ash was kept on the banana leaf on the ground. She is wearing a short fiber skirt, head net, and spider web necklace with beads.

A Dani woman carrying a load of sweet potatoes in a net bag with sweet potato leaves on her head.

Wililke is Wali's wife and the older woman, Yamake, is the older wife of Wali. In the first image, both are shown wearing a noken on their heads. In the following images, they place Wililke's baby inside another noken, which has banana leaves cushion…

Wililke is Wali's wife. She removes the leaves from the stem and put them in the net for cushion for her baby.

A scene at the Wile Village at Baliem Gorge

Three men standing on a rock on Baga Ridge

The name 'Walo' means snake. He is wearing a penis sheath, a knitted cap, and a (metal?) ring above his elbows. Close-up shows the string holding up penis sheath.

Simon Silimek climbs over a fence gate at Sekan Village. A close-up shows his amputated fingertips. Two fingertips were cut for one son and two fingertips for another.

A smiling man with a beard and curly cap.

A man called Tuwesike standing by a sing tree at Sekan Village.