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

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Brown River
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Papuan houses with breadfruit trees along the Brown River, a small tributary which enters the Rouffaer from the south a few miles below motor camp. The houses made of the midribs of sago palm leaves are typical of the lake plain area. At the time of our visit the natives were extremely hostile.
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