NEW GUINEA PIGMIES.
A TRAVELLER'S DISCOVERY.
INTERESTING v PARTICULARS. A. and N.Z. SYDNEY. Aug. 21. A visitor to Sydney from New Guinea reports the discovery of a tribe of pigmies living along the Ramp River in the Madang district. Their height varies from 3£ft. to 4|ft. They live in small grass huts, or in caves in dense mountainous country. They are armed with small bows and arrows and are timid but friendly to Europeans. The moral habits of the pigmies are described by Father Kirchbaum, professor of ethnology, as suplrior to those of other natives of Papua, Each man is content with one. wife; " . . , . '
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19413, 23 August 1926, Page 9
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104NEW GUINEA PIGMIES. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19413, 23 August 1926, Page 9
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