In 1985, Dr. Nigel Barley, senior anthropologist at The British Museum, set off for the relatively unknown Indonesian island of Sulawesi in search of the Toraja, a people whose culture includes headhunting, transvestite priests and the massacre of buffalo. In witty and finely crafted prose, Barley offers fascinating insight into the people of Sulawesi and he recounts the tale of the four Torajan woodcarvers he invites back to London to construct an Indonesian rice barn in The British Museum. Previously published as "Not a Hazardous Sport".

1985年，大英博物馆的高级人类学家奈杰尔-巴利博士出发到相对陌生的印度尼西亚苏拉威西岛寻找托拉贾人，这个民族的文化包括猎头、异装癖牧师和屠杀水牛。大麦用诙谐和精巧的散文对苏拉威西岛的人们进行了精彩的解读，他还讲述了他邀请四个托拉贾木雕师回到伦敦在大英博物馆建造印尼米仓的故事。此前曾以《不是危险的运动》出版。