The Huli, who are famous for their wigs and for painting their faces yellow, live much as their ancestors have for centuries. They revere birds, decorate their wigs with feathers and imitate bird movements in their dancing. The indispensable complement of their outfit is an axe with a casuar claw. This is a very dangerous weapon. The back side of a Huli tribesman’s throat is ornamented by various decorations, the most striking of which is a beak of a hornbil.
Huli society is polygynist. Men may take multiple wives but women may only have one husband at a time.

Huli Smile

Huli Smile

Huli Wigman

Huli Wigman

Young Huli boy

Young Huli boy

Applying Makeup

Applying Makeup

Huli Drummers

Huli Drummers

Arranging feathers

Arranging feathers

Hornbill necklace

Hornbill necklace

Hornbill

Hornbill

Huli

Huli

Bird of Paradise feathers

Bird of Paradise feathers

Painted face

Painted face

Sing Sing

Sing Sing

Yellow and red

Yellow and red

Medicine man

Medicine man

Huli medicine man

Huli medicine man

Red and Yellow

Red and Yellow