Headhunters from the Swamps: The Marind Anim of New Guinea as seen by the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart, 1905-1925

by Raymond Corbey

In 1905 the Tilburg Missionaries of the Sacred Heart set up their first mission post with the Marind Anim on the southwest coast of New Guinea. What they witnessed after that was a rapid, dramatic disappearance of an ancient culture with a deep cosmology, complex initiation rites, spectacular art, and intensive headhunting--all of which the missionaries recorded in words and photographs. This book offers a selection of more than fifty sensational photographs from the mission archives, accompanied by explanatory captions and an introduction.

136 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2007