Where Masks Still Dance: New Guinea

by Chris Rainier

Book Overview

New Guinea is home to more than a 1000 Stone Age tribes, each with its own language, customs and folklore which have changed little in 40,000 years. In eight trips over ten years, photographer Chris Rainier has travelled to the island to document the lives and rituals of the indigenous peoples. The result is this photographic record, showing the cultural distinctions of each tribe. Short essays accompany the photographs throughout, describing the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821222619
• ISBN13: 9780821222614
• Release Date: October 1996
• Publisher: Bulfinch Press
• Length: 132 Pages
• Weight: 3.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 12.3" x 12.3"