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A young Samoan woman, standing behind the branch of a tree, wearing western clothes (?). Photograph, ca.1900.

Reference

540983i

Polynesian researches, during a residence of nearly eight years in the Society and Sandwich Islands / By William Ellis.

Date

1831

Researches in Polynesia and Melanesia : an account of investigations in Samoa, Tonga, the Ellice group, and the New Hebrides,in 1924, 1925. Parts V-VII, Relating to human diseases and welfare / by Patrick A. Buxton.

Date

1928

A Samoan woman reclining on a bed of vegetation, dangling her foot in the water, holding a large leaf of a plant as a fan. Photograph by Burton brothers, 1899.

Date

1899

Reference

540961i

Two Samoan women, seated in a domestic setting, wearing grass skirts, one with some shells (?) strung around her neck. Photograph, ca.1900.

Reference

540988i

Researches in Polynesia and Melanesia : an account of investigations in Samoa, Tonga, the Ellice group, and the New Hebrides,in 1924, 1925. Parts I-IV, Relating principally to medical entomology / by Patrick A. Buxton ; assisted by G.H.E. Hopkins.

Date

1927

A narrative of missionary enterprises in the South Sea Islands : with remarks upon the natural history of the islands, origin, languages, traditions, and usages of the inhabitants / by John Williams ; illustrated with engravings on wood by G. Baxter.

Date

1837

A seated Samoan woman, wearing a string of teeth (?) around her neck. Photograph, ca.1900.

Reference

540981i

Narrative of a whaling voyage round the globe, from the year 1833 to 1836. Comprising sketches of Polynesia, California, the Indian archipelago, etc. with an account of southern whales, the sperm whale fishery, and the natural history of the climates visited / By Frederick Debell Bennett.

Date

1840

A Samoan woman, wearing some leaves (?) around her neck. Photograph, ca.1900.

Reference

540958i

A grey-haired Samoan man, with a moustache. Photograph, ca.1900.

Reference

540985i

Two Samoan women, holding fans, wearing some shells (?) around their necks, and grass skirts. Photograph, ca.1900.

Reference

540987i

Struktura antropologiczna polinezyjc zyków / Aleksandr Lech Godlewski.

Date

1955

On the Polynesian dialects / by George Bennett.

Date

[1831]

A young Samoan woman, seated, wearing some shells (?) around her neck and a grass skirt. Photograph, ca.1900.

Reference

540971i

These roots remain : food habits in islands of the central and eastern Pacific since western contact / Nancy J. Pollock.

Date

[1992], ©1992

A barechested, bearded Samoan man, with his arms crossed. Photograph, ca.1900.

Reference

540959i

A Samoan woman, wearing some shells (?) around her neck. Photograph, ca.1900.

Reference

540968i

A Samoan woman, wearing some shells (?) around her neck. Photograph, ca.1900.

Reference

540969i

Arzneipflanzen der Polynesier / [Bernhard Zepernick].

Date

[1972], ©1972

Polynesian herbal medicine / W. Arthur Whistler.

Date

[1992], ©1992

Religious and cosmic beliefs of central Polynesia / by Robert W. Williamson.

Date

1933

A Hawaiian couple, seated, holding guitars or ukeleles, wearing grass skirts. Photograph, ca.1900.

Reference

540984i

A young Samoan woman, seated, holding a fan, wearing some shells (?) around her neck. Photograph, ca.1900.

Reference

540980i

Polynesian researches, during a residence of nearly six years in the South Sea Islands; including descriptions of the natural history and scenery of the islands--with remarks on the history, mythology, traditions, government, arts, manners, and customs of the inhabitants / By William Ellis.

Date

1829