A sad and recently bereaved anthropologist must prove the existence of a hitherto unknown New Guinea tribe after blowing his grant money. Scholars are enthralled by the Shelmikedmu, a primitive culture that uses grass skirts, makeup, and staged ceremonies to alter his three children. Krippendorf, on the other hand, joins in on the act when a rival threatens to blow the whistle on his hoax.
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A sad and recently bereaved anthropologist must prove the existence of a hitherto unknown New Guinea tribe after blowing his grant money. Scholars are enthralled by the Shelmikedmu, a primitive culture that uses grass skirts, makeup, and staged ceremonies to alter his three children. Krippendorf, on the other hand, joins in on the act when a rival threatens to blow the whistle on his hoax.
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