The Nature article linked to the picture has an exhibit on Indonesian traveler's tales.

I like thinking of the encounter between Homo sapiens and Homo floresiensis, so I quoted an excerpt of a Scottish paper below.

Mythical tales abound in the region of a race of little people that dwell on the islands of Indonesia.

Dutch explorers who colonised Flores 100 years ago were told colourful stories of a human-like creature local inhabitants called "ebu gogo".

Like the hominid, whose skeletal remains have excited scientists around the world, they stood about 3ft tall.

The tales described how they could be heard "murmuring" to one another, and how, parrot-fashion, they repeated back words spoken to them.