Headhunt Revisited - The Story of Caroline Mytinger: Artist and Explorer

On a foggy day in March 1926, two intrepid women, portrait artist Caroline Mytinger and her companion Margaret Warner, set out by freighter from San Francisco bound for a four-year sojourn in the South Pacific. Their objective was to paint portraits of the indigenous peoples of the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea before modern, western culture altered their ways of life forever.

Today, two equally intrepid women have traveled for two months to many of the same villages, photographing and video-taping the existing cultural practices and beliefs. Michele Westmorland and Karen Huntt encountered sorcery, tattooing, large furry spiders, an island of skulls, and ancient pottery crafts. Karen was tattooed with thorns. They rode in a war canoe and learned the spiritual aspect of re-creating a once forbidden headdress.

Join them on their journey, meet their team, and discover the natural beauty of this region and its people.