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Cave Painting, Papua New Guinea Photo: Amy Toensing For generations people in the region have marked cave walls with stenciled handprints. These prints were made with clay-based paint, but in other caves, crimson stains tell the story of a bloody initiation ritual for young men. Zoom

Cave Painting, Papua New Guinea

Photo: Amy Toensing

For generations people in the region have marked cave walls with stenciled handprints. These prints were made with clay-based paint, but in other caves, crimson stains tell the story of a bloody initiation ritual for young men.

Posted on Wednesday, February 8, 2012. Tagged with: cave paintingpapua new guineaamy toensing
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