Dani tribe Irian Jaya 1

The Dani people, also spelled Ndani, and sometimes conflated with the Lani group to the west, are a people from the central highlands of western New Guinea (the Indonesian province of Papua, comprising the larger Eastern part of the former province Irian Jaya).
The Dani were only discovered in the summer of 1938. They did not come in contact with other people on account of the fact that the highlands had 150 miles of virtually unpassable territory and there was no available food for explorers to eat on the way. They were discovered only after the advent of flight.
They are one of the most populous tribes in the highlands, and are found spread out through the highlands. The Dani are one of the most well-known ethnic groups in Papua, due to the small numbers of tourists who visit the Baliem Valley area where they predominate