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A primitive ArcadiaBook 1926 • Silas, Ellis
Trobriands • Oceania > Melanesia
Silas, an artist, spent several years living in the Trobriands in a native village. He learned the language. His observations of native life seem to accord very well with the facts presented by Malinowski and other trained observers. Much of the book...The art of the Trobriand Islandersarticle 1924 • Silas, Ellis
Trobriands • Oceania > Melanesia
This short article by Silas contains illustrations of Trobriand wood carving....