tribal
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Another item on sale is a Dayak tribal trophy skull from Borneo, Indonesia.
From BBC • Jun. 26, 2026
Can you imagine the reaction in the relevant, tribal sections of the media?
From MarketWatch • Jun. 23, 2026
People are tribal, but I think they are basically good, and that good can be harnessed.
From Salon • Jun. 15, 2026
From the air, on a flight with Greenpeace, AFP witnessed the crushing pressure on protected areas -- and the difference that the tribal areas make.
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
In particular, a tribal big-man’s role in dividing the meat of pigs slaughtered for feasts points to the role of chiefs in collecting and redistributing food and goods—now reconstrued as tribute—in chiefdoms.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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