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Jivaro Indian man and woman on jungle trail 1/2 mile south of airstrip at Sucua with more Jivaros dressed in Sunday best. Santiago-Zamora, Ecuador. 1950.

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1950

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Jivaro Indian man and woman on jungle trail 1/2 mile south of airstrip at Sucua with more Jivaros dressed in Sunday best. Note: the Jivaros are the headhunters who kill with poisoned blowgun darts (curare) and then shrink the victim's head to the size of an orange. Santiago-Zamora, Ecuador. 1950.

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U.S. Geological Survey
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Lewis, G. Edward

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name photoLibrary lge00097
number photoLibrary 22096
batch photoLibrary btch419
number_in_book photoLibrary 97

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