THE COMMERCE FLEET OF NEW GUINEA.—Once a year the fleet of lakatois, or trading canoes, leaves Hanuabada and the neighbouring villages of the Motu tribe of Papua on a voyage to the river deltas of the Papuan Gulf for the purposes of barter. The lakatois are laden with earthenware pots made by the womenfolk. After an absence of three months or so, the vessels return laden with sago, yams and other produce. The men of the tribe man the lakatois, but a few women are carried to take part in the tribal dances.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 840, 7 December 1929, Page 23
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93THE COMMERCE FLEET OF NEW GUINEA.—Once a year the fleet of lakatois, or trading canoes, leaves Hanuabada and the neighbouring villages of the Motu tribe of Papua on a voyage to the river deltas of the Papuan Gulf for the purposes of barter. The lakatois are laden with earthenware pots made by the womenfolk. After an absence of three months or so, the vessels return laden with sago, yams and other produce. The men of the tribe man the lakatois, but a few women are carried to take part in the tribal dances. Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 840, 7 December 1929, Page 23
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