Asaro mud men wearing traditional clay helmets said to be meant to strike fear in the enemies by emulating ghosts.

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This is part of a series of ethnic portraits called Plumes and Arrows photographed by Rob Walls on 4 visits to PNG in 1986 and 1987 on Polaroid 5x4 Professional Chrome (Fujichrome 100). The film edges have been deliberately included to show that they were made on large format film. All photos were made on 4 visits to PNG between August 1986 and August 1987.

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Size: 3793px × 3048px
Location: Papua New Guinea.
Photo credit: © Rob Walls / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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