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AGAIAMBO, or AGAUMBU

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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 362 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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AGAIAMBO, or AGAUMBU , a See also:race of See also:dwarf See also:marsh-dwellers in See also:British New See also:Guinea, now almost See also:extinct. In his See also:annual See also:report for 1904 the acting See also:administrator of British New Guinea stated that on a visit he paid to their See also:district he saw six See also:males and four See also:females. The Agaiambo live in huts erected on piles in the lakes and marshes. Dwarfish in stature but broadly built, they are remarkable for the shortness of their legs. They live almost entirely in their " dug-outs " or canoes, or actually wading in the See also:water. Their See also:food consists of See also:sago, the roots of the water-See also:lily and See also:fish. The Agaiambo are believed to have been formerly numerous, but within the last few years have suffered from the raids of their cannibalistic Papuan neighbours. In features, See also:colour and See also:hair they closely resemble the true See also:Papuans.

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