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

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Location Subject:
 Overland Trail/Upper Rouffaer/Nogullo River
Filename:
 Arb146n
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C1:
 Similar to D026
C2:
 Along the trail on the Upper Rouffaer, a Dyak with his pack.
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Quote from Stirling Journal:
 It is a miracle almost, the way the Dyaks carry their heavy packs up and down these places. (Sept 2)


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Location Subject:
 Overland Trail/Upper Rouffaer/Nogullo River
Filename:
 Arb155n
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C1:
 Possibly the same bridge as in X080, X084, and B066
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C3:
 Rattan suspension bridge across the upper Rouffaer (here called the Nogullo) built by the pygmies. This is the first pygmy trail encountered in ascending the river from the lake plain.
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Quote from Stirling Journal:
 ...the rattan bridge across the Rouffaer...is quite a piece of aboriginal engineering work. (Sept 3)


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Location Subject:
 Overland Trail/Upper Rouffaer/Nogullo River
Filename:
 B056
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C4:
 War Bkgd. #9, plate 18, Netherlands New Guinea; c: dyak carriers along the Nogullo River, Nassau Mountains, west-central region.
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Location Subject:
 Overland Trail/Upper Rouffaer/Nogullo River
Filename:
 B066
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C1:
 Possibly the same bridge as in X080, X084 and Arb155
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Location Subject:
 Overland Trail/Upper Rouffaer/Nogullo River
Filename:
 D026
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C1:
 Similar to Arb146
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C4:
 War Bkgd. #9, plate 19, Netherlands New Guinea; c: travel along the Nogullo River, Nassau Mountains
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Location Subject:
 Overland Trail/Upper Rouffaer/Nogullo River
Filename:
 X080
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C2:
 Rattan bridge of the pygmies across the Noguloo near Tombe; Bridge over Rouffaer
C3:
 Suspension bridge of rattan across the gorge of the Nogullo River near Tombe. These bridges are constructed by suspending two bundles of rattan cables across the stream and then suspending from these a footpath by other strips of rattan giving the bridge a V-shaped cross-section. Each end of the bridge is securely anchored by spreading out the individual rattans comprising the cables and anchoring them securely to rocks and trees.
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Location Subject:
 Overland Trail/Upper Rouffaer/Nogullo River
Filename:
 X084
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C2:
 Nogullo Bridge; moorings
C3:
 The same as X 80 [referring to Photo caption for X080: "Suspension bridges of rattan across the gorge of the Nogullo River near Tombe. These bridges are constructed by suspending two bundles of rattan cables across the stream and then suspending from these a footpath by other strips of rattan giving the bridge a V-shaped cross-section. Each end of the bridge is securely anchored by spreading out the individual rattans comprising the cables and anchoring them securely to rocks and trees."], showing in more detail the method of anchoring the bridge.
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Location Subject:
 Overland Trail/Upper Rouffaer/Nogullo River
Filename:
 Y075
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C2:
 Upper Rouffaer; land transport
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Location Subject:
 Overland Trail/Upper Rouffaer/Nogullo River
Filename:
 Y075a
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C2:
 Up Rouffaer
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Location Subject:
 Overland Trail/Upper Rouffaer/Nogullo River
Filename:
 Y075b
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C2:
 Overland Trail; Dyak
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Location Subject:
 Overland Trail/Upper Rouffaer/Nogullo River
Filename:
 Y075c
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C2:
 Overland Trail; Dyak
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Quote from Stirling Journal:
 The Dyaks are tireless, {p. 227} burdened each with sixty pound packs, they hike right along… (Aug 29)


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Location Subject:
 Overland Trail/Upper Rouffaer/Nogullo River
Filename:
 Y075d
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C2:
 Upper Rouffaer; overland trail
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Location Subject:
 Overland Trail/Upper Rouffaer/Nogullo River
Filename:
 Y076n
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C2:
 Up. Rouffaer; overland trail
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Location Subject:
 Overland Trail/Upper Rouffaer/Nogullo River
Filename:
 Y077
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C2:
 On the trail along the Nogullo; Up. Rouffaer; overland trail
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Location Subject:
 Overland Trail/Upper Rouffaer/Nogullo River
Filename:
 Y095
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C2:
 Overland Trail; upper Rouffaer
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Location Subject:
 Overland Trail/Upper Rouffaer/Nogullo River
Filename:
 Y096
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C2:
 Overland Trail; Up. Rouffaer
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