The overmodeled skulls of New Ireland (Papua New Guinea) are associated with the complex and costly funerary traditions of the...

This type of skull from the Marind-Anim tribe, south of Papua New Guinea, decorates the skulls of their ancestors or

Some overmodeled skulls were part of full-body effigies known as rambaramps. Only the highest-status men in...

The patterns drawn are believed to be designed or approved by the deceased themselves...