"By Aeroplane to Pygmyland" Accounts of the 1926 Smithsonian-Dutch Expedition to New Guinea

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Location Subject:
Agintawa District
Filename:
Z020
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Agintawa; women-costume
C3:
A group of pigmy women at Agintawa showing the method of carrying young children and typical women’s costumes. The woman on the extreme right is afflicted with goiter. Many of the neck ornaments worn by the women are regarded as personal charms and it is very difficult to obtain these in trade.
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