Angu

The Angu or Änga people, also called Kukukuku (pronounced "cookah-cookah"), are a small group speaking a number of related languages[1] and living mainly in the high, mountainous region of south-western Morobe, a province of Papua New Guinea.

Even though they are a short people, often less than five feet tall, they were feared for their violent raids on more peaceful villages living in lower valleys.

[2] An account of some of the first contact between the Angu and westerners is described vividly by J. K. McCarthy in his 1963 book Patrol into Yesterday: My New Guinea Years.

At the time, despite the high altitude and cold climate of their homeland, the Änga wore limited clothing, including grass skirts, with a piece similar to a sporran, and cloaks made from beaten bark, called mals.

The Hamtai people now have a small income from charging scientists, tourists and photographers a fee before entrance to the mummy sites.