Author: Thilenius, G. [C.] (ed.)
Title: Ergebnisse der Südsee Expedition 1908-1910. II. Ethnographie: B. Mikronesien. Band 7: Ponape 1. Teilband: Allgemeiner Teil: Geschichte, Geographie, Sprache, Eingeborene. 2. Teilband: Gesellschaft und geistige Kultur, Wirtschaft und stoffliche Kultur. 3. Teilband: Die Ruinen. Ponapegeschichten. [Complete].
Description: Hamburg, Friedrichsen, De Gruyter, 1932-1936. Three parts in three. 4to (30.8 x 23.2 cm). 1238 pp. [xii, 376; xvii, 386; xi, 437]; 248 text figures [10; 176; 62], 44 plates [19; 10; 15] of which one in full colour. Original uniform printed wrappers. = An important contribution to the ethnography of Micronesia, edited by the German physician and anthropologist Georg Christian Thilenius (1868-1937). "In 1900 he became a professor of anthropology and ethnology at the University of Breslau, and several years later (1904) was appointed director of the Museum für Völkerkunde Hamburg (Museum of Ethnology, Hamburg), a position he maintained until his retirement in 1935. As museum director, Thilenius coordinated the 1908-1910 Südsee-Expedition, a scientific expedition to German administered territories in Micronesia and Melanesia. Over 15,000 objects and artifacts from the South Pacific were brought back to Hamburg, which were documented until 1938" (Wikipedia). This well-illustrated volume, published in three parts, was written by Paul Hambruch and Anneliese Eilers, and deals with the island of Ponape, in the Carolines, now known as Pohnpei. Uncut. A very good, clean set. Complete for the subject covered.

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