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  • Thatched hut settlement with gardens in the central highlands of the South Baliem Valley, near Kurima, Irian Jaya, Indonesia. Since the making of this photograph, Irian Jaya was renamed Papua.
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  • Local tribesman wearing a penis gourd, called a horum, and a hat of bird feathers carries a sack of vegetables and handful of bananas on a trail near Kurima, in the central highlands of the South Baliem Valley, Irian Jaya, Indonesia. His body is rubbed with pig grease to help protect him from chilly weather. Since the making of this photograph, Irian Jaya was renamed Papua.
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  • A man cultives his terrace rice fields near Ubud at Penatahan in Bali, Indonesia.
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  • Two local men carry fish strung on poles in downtown Agats, the main town of the huge Asmat swamp. The town has boardwalks built on high poles because the tides of the Arafura sea are very big. Irian Jaya, Indonesia. Since the making of this photograph, Irian Jaya was renamed Papua.
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  • Jungle logging camp near Sawa Village in the Asmat swamp of Irian Jaya, Indonesia. Since the making of this photograph, Irian Jaya was renamed Papua.
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  • A small naked child cries when he sees a white foreigner in the Village of Komor in the Asmat Swamp. Irian Jaya, Indonesia. Irian Jaya was renamed Papua (province).
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  • Monkey mother with nursing infant. Ubud, Bali, Indonesia.
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  • Sawa Village Mission squat toilet, Irian Jaya, Indonesia.
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  • Local Dani tribesman wears a penis gourd, called a horum, and a fuzzy red hat,  smokes a hand rolled tobacco cigarette, in Soroba Village in the central highlands of the South Baliem Valley, Irian Jaya, Indonesia. Since the making of this photograph, Irian Jaya was renamed Papua.
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  • One of the many rivers snaking through the Asmat, a large, steamy hot tidal swamp. Image from the book project Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects.
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  • Faith D'Aluisio on the ride up the Unir River in a 40-foot longboat headed for Sawa village, Asmat swamp, Irian Jaya, Indonesia.(Man Eating Bugs page 186)
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  • A young Asmattan child in the village of Komor, along the Bo River, Irian Jaya, Indonesia. The Asmat is the worlds's largest (and hottest), swamp. (Man Eating Bugs page 64,65)
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  • Kids catch small fish at low tide between the elevated walkways that are the pedestrian roads of Agats, the largest town on the Arafura Sea in the Asmat, a large, steamy hot tidal swamp. Irian Jaya, Indonesia. Image from the book project Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects.
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  • Elevated walkways are the pedestrian roads of Agats, the largest town on the Arafura Sea in the Asmat, a large, steamy hot tidal swamp. Irian Jaya, Indonesia. Travel in this part of the world is by canoe or motorboat. Image from the book project Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects.
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  • Sawa Village on the Pomats River in the Asmat, a large, steamy hot tidal swamp. Irian Jaya, Indonesia. Image from the book project Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects.
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  • Sawa Village on the Pomats River at low tide in the Asmat, a large, steamy hot tidal swamp. Irian Jaya, Indonesia. Image from the book project Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects.
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  • Fisherman in a dugout canoe at sunset on the Pomats River at Sawa Village, in the Asmat Swamp, a large, steamy hot tidal swamp. Irian Jaya, Indonesia. Image from the book project Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects.
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  • A woman from Sawa Village on the Pomats River in the Asmat, a large, steamy hot tidal swamp, shows a jungle chicken egg which she has just dug up from a 6 foot mound where the bird has made a nest that looks like a compost hump. Irian Jaya, Indonesia. Image from the book project Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects.
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  • A man from Sawa Village on the Pomats River in the Asmat, a large, steamy hot tidal swamp, shows a clump of a bee's nest containing edible larvae and honey, a sweet find in the sweaty swamp. Irian Jaya, Indonesia. Image from the book project Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects.
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  • Asmattan child with Ulat-Kayu (wood grub in Indonesia) down river from Sawa Village, Irian Jaya, Indonesia. (Man Eating Bugs page 75 Top) .
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  • Asmattan family displaying processed food, one of the results of a government logging initiative that has put cash in the pocket of a people unfamiliar with a monetary system, Sawa village, Irian Jaya, Indonesia. The father is blind in one eye due to a disease common to the area brought about by vitamin deficiencies. (Man Eating Bugs page 75 Bottom)
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  • Asmattans in the village of Komor convene to hear the assimilated Catholic and native Good Friday Mass given by one of the local missionaries, Brother Jim, in Komor village, Irian Jaya, Indonesia. The Asmat is a large, steamy hot tidal swamp. Men and women enter by different doors and sit on opposites sides of the church. They are carrying large pieces of heart of palm to share with each other. Image from the book project Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects.
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  • A group of loggers living in a jungle camp downriver from Sawa Village in the Asmat, a large, steamy hot tidal swamp in Irian Jaya, Indonesia. This group is logging the forest with hand axes, dragging the huge hardwood logs from deep in the forest over a long path of smaller cross logs. When they get to the river the logs are lashed together in rafts and floated down the river to sell to traders for cash or outboard boat motors. Image from the book project Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects.
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  • Asmattans (Plipus Manmank's family) undergo the laborious task of sago processing?the goal is the inner starchy pith of the sago palm, which is mixed with water, roasted in dry leaves, and eaten. (There are many other ways to prepare and eat sago flour). Near the Komor Village, Irian Jaya, Indonesia. (Man Eating Bugs page 68)
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  • Villagers in the Asmat extract sago grubs from a rotted sago palm log. Sago grubs (Rhynchophorus ferrugineus, the larvae of Capricorn beetles), are extracted from the interior of a sago palm, Komor village, Irian Jaya, Indonesia. The Asmat is the world's largest (and hottest), swamp. When roasted on a spit, they are fatty and bacon-flavored, although the skins are rather chewy. Image from the book project Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects.
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