Strange Sights in Far-away Papua 



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A Piebald Tribe: The Motu-Motu People of Hood's Bay 

 and a Typical Kalo House 



The piebald people are one of the mysteries of New Guinea, and 

 their origin is unexplained. The spear in the warrior's hand is made 

 of hard redwood, sharpened, and has no metal. The house is built on 

 an open wooden framework, and the flooring of the dwelling-room 

 begins at the bottom of the closed-in gable. On this inflammable floor, 

 within the thatch of flag grass, they actually have a fire on a mud 

 hearth. The slanting pole is a ladder for the inhabitants. In some 

 cases they have little ladders for the dogs. 



