House Tamberan of Angoram housing the Tambaran statue, on the Sepik River, photographed in 1974, only initiated warriors allowed inside on penalty of death, in the days of cannibalism, a victim's head from a neighbouring tribe was hung above the entrance to warn to those not properly initiated, Papua New Guinea, Pacific

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