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Kombai woman picking lice from hair of pregnant friend in Papua, Indonesia

A Kombai woman picks lice from the hair of a pregnant friend during a break in a hunting and gathering trip in the rainforest in Papua, Indonesia. September 2000. The Kombai are a so-called treehouse people who build their homes high up in the trees. The woman wears a dog's tooth necklace and a rat tail headband.

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Image Size: 5570x3699 / 12.5MB; Care Females Friendship Headband Helping Horizontal Indonesia Irian Jaya Islands Kombai Melanesia Necklace New Guinea Oceania Pacific Ocean Pacific islands Papua Papuan Sitting Southeast Asia Treehouse People Tribespeople Women assisting bare-breasted contact cultural and ethnic dress dog´s tooth ethnic clothing grass skirt head-band human relationship hygiene indigenous people lice louse ornament picking pregnant rain forest rainforest rat tail searching small group of people two persons with others
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A Kombai woman picks lice from the hair of a pregnant friend during a break in a hunting and gathering trip in the rainforest in Papua, Indonesia. September 2000. The Kombai are a so-called treehouse people who build their homes high up in the trees. The woman wears a dog's tooth necklace and a rat tail headband.