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water which we stemmed with a towel firsli shower we tried after getting 
off the plane. The hotel had it fixed while we called on the American 
Consul here to get things out of custcsas and on their way. Part of 
the shipment goes on to Stanleyville, for which place we leave this 
coming Sunday morning. Up until recently one could buy authentic 
African native sculpture ivory and wood at tbs local museum of native 
art, axi interesting though small collection. It is in the Congo Museum 
in Brussels vraere they Iiave all the wonderful African carvings you 
hear about. The African nativt;s are still as productive as fonnerly, 
and here in !,eopoldville as elsewhere affer vari.ous tltinps for sale in 
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but is recently caived stuff. Still it has its charm or lure should I 
say, though none of it ccrapares in size, or perhaps in originality with 
the "antiques’* in museum 
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Last evening in tne ''Arab’* market as it is called I bought two 
small ivory carved huntsmen (nativvos on foot with spears) between 8 
and 9 inches hign including inch high wooden base j*- also a wooden image 
of a native drummer about ih incxies high. This took iry eye because 
it*s done in the old style t]:iat we recognised as African. There was a 
sizeable head or face carving that I saw the night before but could not 
buy being without sufficient exchange it being Sunday# Monday today 
is also a holiday^ but the hotel manager let rfie have some change but 
the native with the head I wanted did not show up# I hope he does for 
I want it for you# 5^ get these things someMiat under half the asking 
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price or at leas t half^ you^^native yoursell^or an old time resident 
whom they recognized you may do better. The wooden image was 900 francs 
($18.00) I got it for t-9. you liave to bargain, walk away, cane back. 
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