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

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Location Subject:
Papuans of Bisano
Filename:
Arb043
Captions [about captions]
C1:
Same as A071
C2:
Papuans near base camp; Papuans
C3:
N/A
C4:
War Bkgd. #9, plate 20, In the Van Rees Mountains, Netherlands New Guinea; a: Papuan men from the Mamberamo River, showing admixture of Melanesian and Papuan types
C5:
N/A
Quote from Stirling Journal:
The young men here are great dandies...The older men wear practically no adornment. (June 1)


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