The Asaro "mud men" from Papua New Guinea's eastern highlands are known for their ghoulish clay masks adorned with pigs' teeth and shells. Four of them have travelled to Sydney's Australian Museum ...

Children dancing as Asaro mud men in Papua New Guinea Photo: Alamy This was my first encounter with the Asaro mud men and it still haunts me today. My husband was working on a local coffee estate ...

Sydney: Wearing grotesque masks and with their bodies covered in grey clay, four “Mud Men” from the Asaro Valley in Papua New Guinea’s Eastern Highlands dance slowly in the mist, long bamboo ...

Asaro mud men In modern times, people gear towards the use of nuclear weapons and firepower. Many years ago, this was not available and tribes had to come up with other creative means to defeat ...

Wearing grotesque masks and with their bodies covered in grey clay, four "Mud Men" from the Asaro Valley in Papua New Guinea's Eastern Highlands dance slowly in the mist, long bamboo tubes ...

Other photos depict the peculiar fashions of the Asaro tribe, also known as Mudmen, who dress up in mud and wear mud masks. The fascinating images were taken by travel photographer, Trevor Cole ...

The Asaro Mud Men are in residence at the Australian Museum for the school holidays.Credit: Steven Siewert The tribe, from the Asaro Valley in Papua New Guinea's eastern highlands, have rich ...

The four men had never travelled outside Papua New Guinea before The Asaro "mud men" from Papua New Guinea's eastern highlands are known for their ghoulish clay masks adorned with pigs' teeth and ...

The Asaro "mud men" from Papua New Guinea's eastern highlands are known for their ghoulish clay masks adorned with pigs' teeth and shells. Four of them have travelled to Sydney's Australian Museum ...