Papers [manuscript]. [ca.1921-ca.1928].

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Papers [manuscript]. [ca.1921-ca.1928].

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This collection consists of anthropological source material on New Guinea, fieldnotes, lecture notes, drafts of government reports, and a unique group of pictorial material relating to this field and lecture notes. Most of these research documents relate to the publication "Rossel Island: an ethnological study", 1928. The pictorial material consists of photographs, lantern glass slides, photo albums, rubbings of artifacts (weaponry, carvings, etc.) done on the islands Suan Daui - Tavala, Taufe, Rebana, Enana and Cats Cradle. Armstrong drafted government reports for the Papuan government on issues relating to anthropology; language, social organization, local currency system, education, employment and taxation.

81 cm. (8 boxes) + 1 fol., 3 boxes.

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Armstrong, W. E. (Wallace Edwin)

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Professor Armstrong of Cambridge University held the position of Assistant Anthropologist to the Papuan government 1921-1922. He lectured in Social Anthropology in Cambridge 1922-1926 and later held other university posts at Cambridge in the Department of Economics. He wrote and published numerous articles on economics and anthropology. Died 1980. From the description of Papers [manuscript]. [ca.1921-ca.1928]. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225632859 ...