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H. J. T. BIJLMER 



The big Papuans of the South coast — moreover apparently not failing on the Mam- 

 beramo and Augusta-river — are usually depicted as being of a strong appearance. SELIGMANN 

 [198] describes them as having marked supra-orbital ridges, a rather large and sharp-backed 

 nose, a sloping forehead and a high skull. The inhabitants of the Purari-hinterland are depicted 

 [143, 1909] as being of exceptionally good physique and pleasant-featured. KOCH describes 

 his coast-people as tall and well-built, with straight noses, high foreheads and often with an 

 intelligent and European-looking face. This is fairly corresponding with what I saw in Pioneer- 



Woman with child. 



Sasara. Tvvo Semitic types. 



Fig. 19. Mamberamo Papuans, Pioneer-bivouac. 



bivouac on the Mamberamo; however, it must not be forgotten that those European-looking 

 pleasant-featured persons certainly would not be called so, when strolling on the Paris' 

 boulevards ! 



The physiognomies of the pigmoid mountaintribes don't appear to exhibit such stri- 

 king différences with those of the inhabitants of the plain. It is true that euryprosopy and 

 chamaerrhiny occur in a higher degree, but also the finer countenances are found. Engabidme, 

 the '•nobleman" (foto n° 44) is hère a good example; further two types on photo 11 and 4, 

 already mentioned in connection with the shape of the nose. It may be mentioned once more, 

 that also hère the Jewish type is not missing and it is exactly this that increases the proba- 



