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

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Mamberamo River
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Arb137
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On the canoe transport Van Rees Mts.
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Mamberamo River
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Dyak canoe on the Mamberamo
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Mamberamo River
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The canoe transport rests below the Edi falls in the Van Rees Mts.
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Mamberamo River
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Papuan canoes from down river on the Mamberamo
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Mamberamo River
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Papuans hiding their canoe at the mouth of the Uama River
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Mamberamo River
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View along the lower Mamberamo during high water. This view was taken a short distance above Romebai Lake.
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Mamberamo River
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Arb403
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View in the gorge of the Mamberamo in the Van Rees Mountains. This particular section is called Edi Rapids. A dyak canoe transport resting.
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At this point the Mamberamo breaks through the main range of the Van Rees mountains. (July 13)


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Mamberamo River
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ER062
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Deserted Papuan village on banks of the Mamberamo River, Dutch New Guinea
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Mamberamo River
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Deserted Papuan village on banks of the Mamberamo River, Dutch New Guinea
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...up the river could be seen deserted shelters at the water's edge, built by Papuans. (April 29)


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Mamberamo River
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House
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Drawing of house in Stirling's original handwritten journal
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[V2: drawing of a house] (April 30)


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Mamberamo River
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L. Mamberamo
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Mamberamo River
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W006
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L. Mamberamo
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Mamberamo River
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L. Mamberamo
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Mamberamo River
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W039
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Sebiri; group of men
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A group of Sebiri Papuans from the lower Mamberamo. This group lived in the region lying between the Rombebai Lake and Albatross Camp. The forehead ornaments are of cowrie shells. The hair is permitted to grow long and is gathered into plaits which are coiled on the top of the head. The coils are then wrapped in rattan in such fashion as to make what appears to be a coiled spiral helmet.
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Mamberamo River
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W041
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Dyak, Havik Island; One of Ipoei's Dyaks on a bar on the Mamberamo. Note the mud up to his breast. The dyaks just drained a pool for fish on the bar.
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Mamberamo River
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W059
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Dyaks, Havik I.; Dyaks and Van Leewen [sic] mantri on a bar in the Mamberamo. Flying fox in the foreground.
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Mamberamo River
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W061
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Ambonese holding flying fox with wings extended.
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Two photographs [W061, W061b] showing an Ambonese soldier holding a Kalong or flying fox, one of the giant bats which are very numerous along the Mamberamo. These animals are nocturnal in their habits, during the day hanging in great clusters from the trees or sailing in low circles over the top of a cane swamp.
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War Bkgd. #9, plate 18, Netherlands New Guinea; a: giant fruit bat from the Mamberamo River
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These giant bats have a wing spread of about four or five feet. (May 17)


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Mamberamo River
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W061b
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One of our soldiers with a flying fox on the Mamberamo; P62 / May 17th / “Kalongs have a wing spread of about five feet [“]
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Two photographs [W061, W061b] showing an Ambonese soldier holding a Kalong or flying fox, one of the giant bats which are very numerous along the Mamberamo. These animals are nocturnal in their habits, during the day hanging in great clusters from the trees or sailing in low circles over the top of a cane swamp.
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Mamberamo River
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Sebiri; le Roux & papuans getting smokes
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Mamberamo River
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W117
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Mamberamo
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Mamberamo River
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W118
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Mamberamo
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Mamberamo River
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W120
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Mamberamo
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Mamberamo River
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W121
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Mamberamo
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Mamberamo River
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W122
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Mamberamo
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Mamberamo River
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W123
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Mamberamo
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Mamberamo River
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W124
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Mamberamo
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Mamberamo River
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Mamberamo
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Mamberamo River
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Mamberamo
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