The legal customs of the Yap natives
article 1907 • Senfft, Arno

Yapese • Oceania > Micronesia
This article, written by a German colonial official, concerns the legal and social customs of the Yapese. The first section discusses family and personal law. It covers normative behavior associated with reproduction, sex, marriage, divorce, death an...

The money of the Yapese
article 1901 • Senfft, Arno

Yapese • Oceania > Micronesia
This brief article discusses the two main forms of Yap money: 'fä' (large circular stones with round holes hewed out in the center) and 'jar' (mother-of -pearl shells). The manufacture and transport of 'fä' are described and the use and value of 'jar...

The Marshall Islanders
article 1903 • Senfft, Arno

Marshallese • Oceania > Micronesia
This source is a collection of ethnographic data compiled by a German official during the period when the Marshall Islands were under German administration. The author groups his information rather loosely under such headings as family relations, inh...

Report of his circuit tour through the western Caroline and Palau Islands
1906 • Senfft, Arno

Woleai Region • Oceania > Micronesia
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Report of a trip to the western Carolines
book chapter 1904 • Senfft, Arno

Woleai Region • Oceania > Micronesia
District officer Senfft's report on his trip to Lamotrek and Woleai....

Ethnographic contributions concerning the Caroline Islands of Yap
article 1903 • Senfft, Arno

Yapese • Oceania > Micronesia
This article, written by a member of the German Colonial Government then in political control of Yap and surrounding islands, gives a concise and thorough coverage of the basic aspects of Yap ethnography, with primary emphasis on the material culture...

The Caroline Islands of Woleai and Lamotrek
1905 • Senfft, Arno & Switzer, M.

Woleai Region • Oceania > Micronesia
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Report of his visit to some island groups in the western Carolines
1904 • Senfft, Arno & Switzer, M.

Woleai Region • Oceania > Micronesia
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