Hamburg, Friedrichsen, De Gruyter, 1929. 4to (30.8 x 23.2 cm). xiv, 376 pp.; 127 illustrations. Original printed wrappers.

An important (chiefly linguistic) 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 part written by Augustin Krämer deals with Palau history stories and chants, as well as the local names of zoological and botanical objects. Uncut. Small damp-stain to the top gutter of the first few leaves, otherwise a very good, clean, unmarked copy.