Reports of the Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to Torres Straits: Volume 3, Linguistics


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The third in a series compiling the results of an ethnographical research expedition in the Torres Strait, New Guinea, and Borneo. Written entirely by Sidney H. Ray, a prominent member of the expedition and a renowned scholar of Melanesian languages, the text details a variety of the region's languages.







Reports


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Reports of the Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to Torres Straits: Volume 5, Sociology, Magic and Religion of the Western Islanders


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The fifth in a series compiling the results of an ethnographical research expedition in the Torres Strait, New Guinea, and Borneo. Originally published in 1904, it contains information on the societies and belief structures of the indigenous peoples living in the western islands of the Strait.







Leluhur


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Gelam


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A traditional story from the Torres Strait. 'The hungry Dhogai suddenly grinned and sang to herself, "I can smell a woman and a small boy. They are hiding from me somewhere on the island."'




Gelam Nguzu Kazi


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Mualau Minaral collective of printmakers and artists led by Dennis Nona; method of incising into linoleum and printing; works reference stories from Mua Island; catalogue includes photographs of the linocuts.