Huaorani with crowns

Huaorani women, Awame Gomoke & Dete Iteka & Ewa Kemperi all wearing crowns topped with Harpy Eagle feather. They are also sharing Chicha drink from a home made pottery bowl.
Bameno Community. Yasuni National Park.
Amazon rainforest, ECUADOR. South America
This Indian tribe were basically uncontacted until 1956 when missionaries from the Summer Institute of Linguistics made contact with them. However there are still some groups from the tribe that remain uncontacted. They are known as the Tagaeri & Taromenane. Traditionally these Indians were very hostile and killed many people who tried to enter into their territory. Their territory is in the Yasuni National Park which is now also being exploited for oil.

Add to Lightbox Download

Filename: HU3129 Huaorani women.jpg
Copyright: ©Pete Oxford
Image Size: 5374x3569 / 11.4MB; Amazon Awame Gomoke Bameno Chicha Crown Deta Iteka Ecuador Ethnic Ethnic minority Ewa Kemperi Forest Harpy Eagle feather House Huaorani Hut Indigenous Jungle MODEL RELEASE B#15 MODEL RELEASE B#5 MODEL RELEASE B#7 Oil exploration People Pottery Rain Forest South America Tagaeri Taromenane Woman Yasuni Yasuni National Park
Contained in galleries

Huaorani women, Awame Gomoke & Dete Iteka & Ewa Kemperi all wearing crowns topped with Harpy Eagle feather. They are also sharing Chicha drink from a home made pottery bowl.<br />
Bameno Community. Yasuni National Park.<br />
Amazon rainforest, ECUADOR. South America<br />
This Indian tribe were basically uncontacted until 1956 when missionaries from the Summer Institute of Linguistics made contact with them. However there are still some groups from the tribe that remain uncontacted. They are known as the Tagaeri & Taromenane. Traditionally these Indians were very hostile and killed many people who tried to enter into their territory. Their territory is in the Yasuni National Park which is now also being exploited for oil.