Title: An ethnology of the Admiralty Islanders
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.
Subjects: Anthropology, Catalogs, Ethnological collections, Ethnology, Manus (Papua New Guinean people), Material culture, Museum der Kulturen Basel, Social life and customs, Ethnologie, Culture matérielle, Mœurs et coutumes, Anthropologie, Manus (Peuple de Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée), Private collections, Manners and customs, Amirauté, Iles de l' (Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée), Moeurs et coutumes, Admiralty islands (alaska)
Places: Admiralty Islands, Admiralty Islands (Papua New Guinea), Papua New Guinea
People: Alfred Bühler (1900-)