General Account 1938-1939
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95 1938. General Account Specimens obtained - 0. Oct 6 Lake Klabber, Netherlands New Guinea 3225m. To traps Today was spent working on the guys. This morning and early afternoon taking pictures and developing them this evening. The pictures turned out quite well considering subjects and very poor lighting. Flutes were in camp this afternoon with sweet potatoes, etc., lots of more, etc. for sale. The cost of a small pipe (about 2 g.) was purchased for 1 cuite shell. Did pondered a good looking pipe the first of that sort of thing I had seen in the region. It was made much like our pipes except the bowl (inside) was mud and smaller, the stem was exactly a tobacco piece of wood. This was a piece of what appeared to be animal gut covering the whole end and stem. Oct. 7 Lake Klabber, Netherlands New Guinea 3225m. To traps For the exception I odd jobs little has been done today (by m.). The continual rain has prevented working outside and made the place a "wet hole" in general. Despite the rain and my bad humor managed to help Bazors pick up food stuffs for the lower camp and also develop two rolled pictures. A number of Papuan came in this afternoon, exchanged their potatoes and a few for the nick-nacks they possessed. Oct 8 Lake Klabber, Netherlands New Guinea, 3225m. To traps Today has been a very busy one. This morning and early afternoon was spent