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A black-and-white photo sent to Malinowski shows a Western-style motor vessel with a man in European dress standing on the fore-deck, accompanied by several Trobriand canoes crewed by a total of more than 20 men, out on the open water. A caption on the back written in French by Raphael Brudo is headed 'Fishing for pearls,' and notes that the men -- whom he refers to with the English word 'boys' -- are from his local village of Kavataria.

A black-and-white photo sent to Malinowski shows two long, parallel trains of outrigger canoes being pulled through the sea by ropes attached to a larger, motorized vessel. A caption on the back written in French by Raphael Brudo and headed 'Pearl fishing' explains that the canoes are on their return, now loaded down with shells. He asks Malinowski to imagine the atmosphere and the colors to understand why he prefers a life here over one in Paris... A black-and-white photo sent to Malinowski shows two long, parallel trains of outrigger canoes being pulled through the sea by ropes attached to a larger, motorized vessel. A caption on the back written in French by Raphael Brudo and headed 'Pearl fishing' explains that the canoes are on their return, now loaded down with shells. He asks Malinowski to imagine the atmosphere and the colors to understand why he prefers a life here over one in Paris. Show more Show less

This set of black and white photographs, taken during fieldwork in the Trobriand Islands, date from 1917 and feature scenes of fishing. Annotations appear in pencil.