An ethnology of the Admiralty Islanders
Subtitle: the Alfred Bühler Collection, Museum der Kulturen, Basel
By: Sylvia Ohnemus ; [translation, Robert Williamson ; editing, Christian Kaufmann, Antje Denner, Norma Stephenson ; maps, Rudolf Zimmerman ; drawings, Susanna Gisin Zimmerman ; photographs, Peter Horner ... et al.)
Contributors: Ohnemus, Sylvia.
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Honolulu
Language: eng
Number of pages: 430
Subjects: Bühler, Alfred, -- 1900-  -- Ethnological collections -- Catalogs; Museum der Kulturen Basel -- Catalogs; Ethnology -- Papua New Guinea -- Admiralty Islands -- Catalogs; Material culture -- Papua New Guinea -- Admiralty Islands -- Catalogs; Anthropology -- Papua New Guinea -- Admiralty Islands -- Catalogs; Manus (Papua New Guinean people) -- Catalogs; Admiralty Islands (Papua New Guinea) -- Social life and customs -- Catalogs
Genres: Catalogs.
Other titles: Admiralty Islanders.
Work titles: Zur Kultur der Admiralitäts-Insulaner in Melanesien.
Description: In 1931-32, Alfred Buhler (1900-81), who for many years was director of the Museum of Ethnology and the Swiss Museum of European Folklife, in Basel, assembled a unique collection documenting the culture of the Admiralty Islanders. The Admiralty Islands are located on the northern edge of the region of Melanesia, and today constitute the Manus province of the independent State of Papua New Guinea.

In this book, commissioned by the Museum der Kulturen in Basel, Sylvia Ohnemus for the first time presents the results of Alfred Buhler's collecting and study expedition, which she complements with her own contributions based on information gathered in the field.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 424-426) and index.