Tighten the Drums: Self-Decoration Among the Enga
Plot: In the Western Highlands of Papua New Guinea, the Enga people have developed the art of body decoration as a visual language. Using earth paints, tree oils, bird plumes, human hair, and a variety of plants, the Enga turn the body into a medium for an expressive and dramatic symbolism
Release Date:
Saturday, January 1 1982
42 years ago
42 years ago
Chris Owen