Unusual Tribal Piercings of a Papua New Guinea Tribesman

Posted by Alex in Pictures, Travel & Places on June 23, 2008 at 4:15 pm



Photo: Eric Lafforgue

French photographer Eric Lafforgue took this photo of a Hagener, a Tjos warrior/tribesman from Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea. The Tjos people, who first saw a white man just 70 years ago, love to wear modern elements in their tribal piercings and make up.

(Eric told me that it’s an electrical disc, not a CD): Link | Flickr photoset | Also check out Eric’s book Papous [Amazon.fr] - Thanks Eric and Stane!


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13 comments to "Unusual Tribal Piercings of a Papua New Guinea Tribesman"

  1. Evilbeagle
    June 23rd, 2008 at 6:01 pm

    I looked at the picture without first reading the headline and thought it was some strange tropical bird that had an appetite for CD’s. I still had to look twice after I read it.

  2. Alannah
    June 23rd, 2008 at 6:21 pm

    Those photos were amazing! Neat-o in the very best way.

  3. Hvywgt
    June 23rd, 2008 at 9:31 pm

    It’s called a legend tag.

  4. Thomas
    June 23rd, 2008 at 11:41 pm

    I totally didn’t see a person the first time I looked at that image.

  5. Tim Giachetti
    June 24th, 2008 at 5:27 am

    Wow! Imagine that, an actual use for Celine Dion CDs. :P

  6. Humor
    June 24th, 2008 at 10:15 am

    The next will be iphone?

  7. blackjackshellac
    June 24th, 2008 at 10:29 am

    I guess AOL is too irrelevant now and mentionning the viral nature of their CD giveaways would be a waste of time.

  8. master
    June 24th, 2008 at 7:09 pm

    NO ME PARECE NADA RARO, YO VEO DIA A DIA GENTE QUE SE PONE METALES EN LA NARIZ, BOCA, CUERPO Y HASTA EN EL ORGANO SEXUAL!!! OMG!!!

    También veo que hay tanto vanidoso que se hace modificaciones en el cuerpo, liposucción, cambio de nariz, operan el pene, aumentan el busto ó pecho.

    así que mis queridos animales humanos antes que hagan algún comentario estúpido y se empiecen a burlar del señor de la foto…

    DEJEN DE SER TAN VANIDOSOS!!!

  9. RM
    June 25th, 2008 at 2:32 am

    Master, lo interesante de esto es la convergencia de culturas y conceptos como “progreso” y lo “tradicional”. No es una burla.

    Saludos.

  10. Luis
    June 25th, 2008 at 5:20 am

    Sorry, but…what is an electric disc?

  11. RM
    June 25th, 2008 at 1:46 pm

    They named “electric disc” to the compact disc.

  12. methos789
    June 25th, 2008 at 2:29 pm

    ese maquillaje esta bueno para un carnaval

  13. Evilbeagle
    June 26th, 2008 at 7:56 am

    Uno no debe de cojerlo todo de mala forma cuando la gente comentan en las cosas que para ellos, no son normal. Este señor no es cosa rara para usted, master, pero la verdad es que esto no se ve todo los dia en otros lugares. Como dise mi Mami, cojelo con take it easy.

    Pardon my horrid spelling and grammar, or lack of accents. I speak Spanish better than I write it, and sadly, it’s my first language. *sigh*


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