Not sure if this is exactly news to any JMDLers, but..... ....the other night while sorting through old papers and magazines (and coincidentally listening to something 70s-ish by JM), I happened to flick through an old National Geographic. It's Vol. 147, No.2, from February 1975. There's a fascinating - and deeply strange - pair of articles and accompanying pics by one W. Jesco von Puttkamer (crazy name, crazy guy!) concerning two "stone age" Brazilian Indian tribes, the Kreen-Akarores and their apparent old enemies, the Txukahameis. Both the stories and photos are astounding...there's an amazing otherworldliness to them.
And, on pages 272-273 is....yep...the original photograph that a certain Ms Mitchell must have traced for use on the collage/illustration on the HOSL cover of the Txukahameis Indians (plus, second from right, a stripe-faced visiting Suya Indian) hauling a giant Anaconda out of the water. Other pics in the article include kids dancing inside individual teepee-shaped costumes, supposedly representing anteaters, with arms holes out of which they stick fish tooth-barbed claws. The adult males all wear those lip disks...and on page 277, there's a pic of young children awaiting a naming ceremony, preparing gigantic 'kebabs' strapped with a dozen large turtles for a feast. As I said, not sure if this is news, but I thought I'd share. Man....why don't magazines run features that strange anymore? Best, Tom R ps.....Emily, my PC crashed and I lost your address! I've got that CD for you if you could email me.... ================================
