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Passing the M272, coral reef in back. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 10, 1920]

A photograph of corn growing to the very egde of the river water.

A photograph of corn stalks and manihot in each hill.

A photograph of three ears of corn laying in a shallow basket with the husks drawn back.

A photograph of two ears of corn with the husks pulled back. There is flint corn on the left, which has a slight tinge of purple on a face of the kernels. The dent corn on the right is a rarer variety in this area.

A photograph of four ears of local corn that are half their natural size.

A photograph of seven different ears of corn from left to right: 50949 - a white flint ear that is starchy; 50950 - a yellow flint with purple and occasionally light colored kernels; 50951 - A white flint corn with purple cob; 50952 - A flint with…

A photograph of a typical indigenous field, planted with corn and beans.

A photograph of corn and cow pea on the ground while an indigenous woman sits on the ground near a basket of corn that was husked.

Corn & m'tama in back - trees and grass. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 28, 1920]

Corn & mango tree, way back - post may show in photo. Rather sandy land and peanuts planted with corn at times. Tricholaena rosea quite abundant here. Round native huts. Mango and Manihot trees. Have not seen fields of manihot. Peanut looks…

A photograph of corn and manihot on hilled up beds.

Nssoke - Here there are a lot of plantings of corn and m'tama. Shows path in fore, corn with native huts - tall grass in the fore. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 28, 1920]

A photograph with corn in the foreground with open grassland.

A photograph of a corn field, which is situated above Amatongas forest. There are rolling hills in the background.

A photograph of a corn field, which is situated above Amatongas forest. There are rolling hills in the background.

A photograph of a corn field near the river bank. There is also echinochloa and papyrus.

Opposite side of track, looking over the corn fields. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 28, 1920]