These sequined figures with a human skull represent Zazi Maza Wangòl, a forest spirit who...

The Iban are a subgroup of the Dayak in Borneo (Malaysia), and their trophy heads (antu pala) were obtained from their enemies; they believed...

nduruku is a name given by their neighbors or rivals, meaning "red ants," alluding to their ferocious...

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

The Kelabit are an indigenous subgroup within the broader Dayak ethnic group, the name that encompasses many native peoples of...

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

The Apo Kayan tribe are a Dayak ethnic subgroup from Sarawak on the island of Borneo, Malaysia, headhunters...

The TIV voodoo skulls of Nigeria, are highly valued because they are powerful and dangerous with them, the descendants...

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

Nkisi Mbumba skulls are considered magical objects filled with medicines that contain a spirit of an ancestor and...