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{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - 1 2 Jelle Miedema, Ger P. Reesink (2004). One Head, Many Faces: New Perspectives on the Bird's Head Peninsula of New Guinea. KITLV Press. ISBN 978-90-6718-229-4.
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