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

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Location Subject:
Explorators Camp/Tombe Village
Filename:
X071
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C2:
Tombe; Iguon; wife & daughter; family
C3:
The royal family of Tombe, Igoon, the headman, his wife and young daughter. In the background may be seen the Dyak laundry.
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Quote from Stirling Journal:
In Tombe, Igoon is the only man who has a wife. (Oct 28)


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