Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 May 1895 — Enormous Houses in New Guinea. [ARTICLE]

Enormous Houses in New Guinea.

The enormous size and massive structure of native houses is among the recent surprising discoveries of e’xplorers among the villages—inhabited by numerous warlike tribes—scattered along the streams of New Guinea. Houses 300 to 400 feet long and 100 feet high, among the largest in the world, are reported to be not uncommon. In contradistinction to the bonnets, which are small, the round hats are larger than ever and most picturesque.