ARTICLES OF Harriet Mardsen

The Living Skulls of the Dead

18 Nov, 2012 | Harriet Mardsen

Imagine being invited to a stranger’s house for the first time. Whatever you may be expecting, whether unfamiliar trinkets or obscure family rituals, the idea of encountering a so-called “skeleton in...

Llama foetuses

21 Nov, 2012 | Harriet Mardsen

As a newcomer to La Paz, Bolivia, my first tentative explorations of the city took me to the mercado de las brujas, or ‘witches market’, which is where I first encountered a strange phenomenon - llama...