Kurulu_Village_War_Chief.jpg

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Yali Mabel, Anemaugi Village War Chief, Kurulu District at Baliem Valley , Papua.

A very similiar picture is found in the 2012 bestselling book "The World Until Yesterday" by Jared Diamond (ISBN: 978-0-713-99-898-6, plate 13). Jared described a continuous warfare of the tribes in the region, resulting in a high mortality. The man here is climbing up a watchtower.
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Source Kurulu Village War Chief Baliem Valley - Papua
Author Paul from Working and living in Jayapura (Papua Province) and Jakarta, Indonesia

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