Tiwi Islanders: For the Living

Tiwi people, Australian Aborigines

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Elders Jimmy Dilla Portamini and Alfonso Pautjimi wear traditional beards, which halo the face. Like many other aspects of Tiwi culture, they are rarely seen now. (1987)

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