Clay and Ash
Roberto Falck | Papua New Guinea
Photographer: Roberto Falck
Exhibit Title: Clay and Ash
Location: Papua New Guinea
Clay and Ash is a compilation of portraits of members of the Simbu tribe in Papua New Guinea.
The Simbu tribe has a tradition of painting their bodies with a skeleton design using clay and ash. It is done to scare their enemy tribes instead of getting into physical fights.
This was the inspiration for creating contemporary portraits taking some of the traditional elements of the their culture.
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