These skulls were painted with beautiful patterns of intersecting parallel lines and dots (dot painting) that symbolize water, pathways...

Unlike other neighboring peoples or cultures, they did not practice headhunting, and their skulls were considered...

The painted skulls of the Solomon Islands are part of a complex ancestral and ritual tradition of the Melanesian people, with communities or groups in...

The painted human skulls of New Ireland are part of the funerary, spiritual, and social traditions of the peoples of...

The skulls, and sometimes other remains belonging to deceased relatives, were decorated and carried on the back during mourning. They were believed to have the power to...