In the Wissel Lakes they have hollowed tree trunks, without ornamentation or finishing. On this plate you see a woman with a very primitive fish net. Is a fish so stupid to come up here, then pulls the fish woman on the net quickly and if she is lucky, she has catched a fish. Here is just small stuff.

In various areas they have made boats, all but primitive, the most primitive is in the Baliem Valley. There they create a primitive raft. On such a thing I transferred there as well. In the Lake District they have hollow tree trunks, roughly finished. In Sentani - at the Sentani lake - there have been made refined canoes. In the Asmat area they are more developed, and they decorated their vessels. On the north coast - fore sea fisheries, they use boats with outriggers.

Commentaar maker foto: een indruk van de in 1973 herstelde weg naar Sentani. Toen ik er in 1971 kwam, was deze weg slecht. In de Nederlandse tijd werd na zware regenval de weg onmiddellijk gecontroleerd. Toen het land "bevrijd" was door Indonesia werd dit natuurlijk niet meer gedaan, zodat binnen de kortste keren overal steeds grotere gaten in het wegdek kwamen.

Shows one of the bridges on the Jayapura-Sentani road. One of the few bridges that New Guinea is rich.

Give an impression of the formwork. Unfortunately I have never seen finished the bridge. Meanwhile it is already more than quarter century old, and I would expect that this time it will never washed away.

Shows an impression of the formwork. Unfortunately I have never seen the bridge finished. Meanwhile the bridge is already more than quarter century old, and I would expect that this time it has never washed away.

Meanwhile, they already had a heap of stones, meticulously piled on the constructionsite.

Apparently there had to be worked with great urgency, because night work continued by the light of Petromax. It was a spectacular sight.

The army has finally used a bulldozer to move the channel slightly open.

The stream, which was also used as a car wash. That would be something for environmentalists!