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English: Yakoma children with pearl head-dress. Water-colour by E. M. Heims

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Title: From the Congo to the Niger and the Nile : an account of The German Central African expedition of 1910-1911
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: Adolf Friedrich, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, 1873-1969 Deutsche Zentral-Afrika-expedition, 1910-1911
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Publisher: London : Duckworth
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. But now thatEuropeans have promoted peace amongst the tribes,and have safeguarded commerce, the natives moveabout freely. Caravans of bearers traverse the country,boats navigate the rivers, and the disease is dissemi-nated far and wide. The iron industry of the Yakomas seemed to mevery wonderful, and nowhere else have I seen suchwell-made knives and spears. (Illus. 176.) Copper,too, is cleverly worked, and the natives are most skil-ful in carving ivory. I saw beautiful bugles, knifehandles, bracelets, combs, walking sticks, snuff boxes,etc., which were made out of ivory by means of a veryprimitive lathe. This shows that in the Yakomadistrict there must still be a good deal of ivory, andtherefore a good many living elephants. India-rubber and ivory are here, as everywhere in the Congo,the chief indigenous products. Some of the nativechiefs are very wealthy, not only as regards bars ofgold, but according to the number of their wives,their stores of india-rubber, ivory, and cloth; con-
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Ernst M. Heims  (1886–1922)  wikidata:Q37880492
 
Ernst M. Heims
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Date of birth/death 16 March 1886 Edit this at Wikidata 2 April 1922 Edit this at Wikidata
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