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Elder Shooting Blowgun
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Photo: elder shooting blowgun
An Iban elder, with ornate tattoos and a towering headdress made from the feathers of hornbills and other local birds, shoots a blowgun during a village ceremony. On his hip, he wears a tube containing darts and the Iban warrior's constant companion, a two-foot-long (61-centimeter-long) decorated sword called a parang ilang.
Photo Credit: Peter Guttman/CORBIS
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