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The Last Happy Skull
Legend has it that the skull hanging in the hut behind the chief of Pansar’s house once belonged to a Koki warrior. Despite its unimpressive setting, the chief said that the skull still has the power to cause trouble for anyone who disrespects it. Photo by Elliott D. Woods.
In remote northwest Myanmar, the traditional home to the headhunting Naga tribes, skulls are harder and harder to find.
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Issue: Summer 2012 / Volume 88/3
Published: July 31, 2012
Elliott D. Woods is a contributing editor to VQR. His VQR-sponsored website Assignment Afghanistan received the 2011 Digital National Magazine Award for Multimedia Package. His essay “Digging Out,” from the Fall 2010 issue, was nominated for a 2011 National Magazine Award in Reporting. His essay “Hope’s Coffin,” from the Summer...