Indicate the nature of the terrain over which the patrol travelled in the early stages. Some of the...
Indicate the nature of the terrain over which the patrol travelled in the early stages. Some of the carriers (called 'cargo boys') had been with Sinclair on earlier walks but a majority were newly recruited from Koroba.
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1957
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PXB 293/Vol. 06/Item 7
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Indicate the nature of the terrain over which the patrol travelled in the early stages. Some of the carriers (called 'cargo boys') had been with Sinclair on earlier walks but a majority were newly recruited from Koroba.
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These were venturing for the first time beyond their own boundaries and were seized with a somewhat fearful sense of adventure, their only previous contact with their neighbors having been in the course of inter-tribal raids and ritual fighting.
The large square objects shown are light reflectors used by the camera crew.
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PXB 293/Vol. 06/Item 7
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npAPkk61
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DCL69893
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