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<p>[QUOTE="Toba, post: 425610, member: 9023"]I thought I would post something cool I have that I can actually identify. Here's the story: in 1991 I made an epic journey through Indonesia from one end (Irian Jaya) to almost the other (E. Java). I hitched a ride in a missionary plane to the center of Borneo (East Kalimantan) and took a long boat to the Apo Kayan area, where the Dayak people still lived very traditional lives. Anyway, a boat driver liked my watch and wanted to trade some of his family's beads for it. The watch was a Seiko, not cheap, not expensive. I thought what the hell. So the boat stopped at his village and he took out a little box from the floorboards with about fifty Chevron beads in it - he said I could choose 6. I used to wear them all the time. Now, I'm afraid I'll lose them so I keep them hanging on the wall.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]148856[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Toba, post: 425610, member: 9023"]I thought I would post something cool I have that I can actually identify. Here's the story: in 1991 I made an epic journey through Indonesia from one end (Irian Jaya) to almost the other (E. Java). I hitched a ride in a missionary plane to the center of Borneo (East Kalimantan) and took a long boat to the Apo Kayan area, where the Dayak people still lived very traditional lives. Anyway, a boat driver liked my watch and wanted to trade some of his family's beads for it. The watch was a Seiko, not cheap, not expensive. I thought what the hell. So the boat stopped at his village and he took out a little box from the floorboards with about fifty Chevron beads in it - he said I could choose 6. I used to wear them all the time. Now, I'm afraid I'll lose them so I keep them hanging on the wall. [ATTACH=full]148856[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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