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Author Archives: Nancy Averett
An old scarf ties past to present
A Hermes knockoff in shades of navy, gold and orange. It was that last hue, its brilliant carroty oranginess, that stirred my memory, taking me back to spring of 1987 when I was 21, finishing up a semester abroad in Paris and about to embark on a three-week trip with my mother and sister.
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Tribal cultures leave mark on anthropologist
Lars Krutak (Anth, Art’93) knows about ritual pain. The 38-year-old anthropologist has dozens of tattoos and decorative scars given to him by the tribal people he studies in such far-flung places as Hawaii, the Philippines and Indonesia. Native artists have used a variety of objects to pierce his flesh — hippo teeth, tree thorns and nails.
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Tagged anthropology, Dananao Kalinga, Hawaii, Indonesia, Kaningaras, Lars Krutak, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, tattoo, Tattoo Hunter, Watermen of Hawaii
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