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

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Damuneru Village
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Damuneru; seated men--fur cap
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Two pigmy men seated. The figure on the right is wearing about his wrists numerous bracelets of intertwined rattan. These are used in making fire by the fire thong method which the pigmies use. The man on the left is wearing a necklace of cuscus teeth.
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