Pics reveal one of LAST uncontacted Amazon tribes who set spiked traps for outsiders & hang mysterious skull totems
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NEW photos from hidden cameras gives the world its first ever glimpse of one of the last uncontacted Amazon tribes. The group is so secretive that no-one knows its true name, though outsiders call it the Massaco. The Massaco tribe, that lives in the dense jungle of Rondônia, western Brazil, is one of just 28 isolated groups confirmed in the country.
![[Pictures taken on a hidden wildlife camera captured the tribe at a spot where tools are often left out]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/inside-last-tribe-pics-reveal-959444779.jpg?strip=all&w=889)
The tribespeople are completely self-sufficient, hunting for their food with long bows over three metres long. It is a mystery to researchers and other indigenous people how the tribe shoots arrows from bows so long. They also set traps to keep outsiders away - solid wooden spikes on the forest floor that can pierce tractor tyres.
![[Altair Algayer, who has studied the tribe for over 30 years, believes the man holding the spike is the tribe's leader]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/inside-last-tribe-pics-reveal-959444780.jpg?strip=all&w=889)
The traps are being found more often and closer to the borders of civilisation, sending a clear message: "Keep out". The Massaco is unique, set apart from other tribes by their tall huts, extensive use of spikes, poles stacked with animal skulls, long hair, moustaches and lack of piercings.
![[The Massaco are unusual in the Amazon because they stack animal skulls onto poles]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/inside-last-tribe-pics-reveal-959448186_e10aa1.jpg?strip=all&w=620)
The new photos were snapped on secret cameras set up in the jungle by researchers from Brazil’s National Indigenous Peoples Foundation (Funai). They were set by Funai’s Altair Algayer, who oversees the protection of the Massaco’s 1-million-acre territory.
The images, taken in 2019 and 2024, show that the population of the tribe is increasing - a positive currently trend seen amongst most uncontacted communities. They were taken in an area where Funai often leave tools, intended to reduce the likelihood of the tribe visiting farms or logging camps.
