Philippines Rich Igorot's Macabre Mummy Burial 1910s Real Photo Postcard

The Igorot people, indigenous to the Cordillera Central region of northern Luzon in the Philippines, have historically practiced unique mortuary rituals. Among these was the elaborate tradition of preserving the deceased through a process of smoking and mummification. This postcard captures a smoked burial of a rich Igorote, indicating a person of status undergoing a preservation process that could last for weeks, often involving the body being placed in a seated position as seen here, and smoked for an indicated 24 days.