Lawrence Blair, A Savuese girl holding intricate decorative mobiles of carefully woven pandanus and bamboo, 1974.
From the book “Ring of fire” by Lawrence and Lorne Blair, 1988.
“In 1973, Lawrence and Lorne Blair traveled through the most remote, exotic and dangerous places on earth: the islands of Indonesia-nearly 14,000 of them, scattered over one million square miles of ocean. Amid lush tropical forests and unimaginable natural beauty, the brothers hoped to capture on film and in words the ways, beliefs and wisdom of the primitive people who lived there.
Their incredible odyssey began with a 2,500-mile voyage, guided by the notorious Bugi pirates, through the Spice Islands in search of the Greater Bird of Paradise. An entire decade of exploration followed, during which the brothers dwelt naked among the Asmat cannibal tribe of West New Guinea; sought spiritual mysteries in the paradise of Bali: encountered man-eating Komodo dragons; mingled with the mystical Toraja tribe who believe their ancestors descended from the sky in starships; and found the elusive Panan Dyaks, the dream-wandering” forest tribe of Borneo who had been thought no longer to exist.“
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