House Tamberan, or ceremonial building, photographed in 1974, only initiated warriors were allowed inside and in the days of cannibalism, a victim's head from a neighbouring tribe was hung above the entrance as a warning to those not properly initiated, Maprik, Sepik River, Papua New Guinea, Pacific

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