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A typed page with written notes and symbols contains a list of buildings and other features of a village written as a legend for a village diagram; and notes on a village census discussing men's clan and village relationships, their work, their property and personal characteristics. The notes may be in support of a manuscript on the life of the Trobriand Islanders. On the back are four faint sketches of a woman's face, three in left profile and o... A typed page with written notes and symbols contains a list of buildings and other features of a village written as a legend for a village diagram; and notes on a village census discussing men's clan and village relationships, their work, their property and personal characteristics. The notes may be in support of a manuscript on the life of the Trobriand Islanders. On the back are four faint sketches of a woman's face, three in left profile and one full-face with a short hair style. Show more Show less

A set of 91 index cards contain typed numbers and names or titles of photographs taken by Malinowski in the Trobriand Islands, apparently in support of his book, 'Argonauts of the Western Pacific.' Virtually all of them have to do with canoes or sailing. It is unclear whether the name/numbering scheme is one of Malinowski's own device or of his publisher's. The photographs themselves are included in the document.