Photographs from the Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910
Part IX: Plates 2 through 7

Taken from Anneliese Eilers, Westkarolinen:  Tobi und Ngulu.  Ergebnisse der Sudsee-expedition 1908-1910 (II B9, Part I.).  G. Thilenius, ed.  Hamburg:  Friederichsen, De Gruyter & Co. m.b.H., 1936. Unless noted, images are copies made directly from the Eilers volume. Please request copies of large tif images by email and we will send them to you.

Large fish trap.  Eilers, 1936:  plate 2.

Eilers: large fish trap
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Men's loin cloths.  Eilers, 1936:  plate 3.

Eilers: loin cloths
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Fire fan.   Length 43 cm; width 30 cm.  Eilers, 1936:  plate 4.

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Coconut basket.  Height 25 cm; opening 36 cm.  Eilers, 1936:  plate 4.

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Tobi wood figures.  Height 52 cm.  Eilers, 1936:  plate 5.

Eilers: Tobi wood figures

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Tobi wood figures.  Height 52 cm.  Eilers, 1936:  plate 5.

Eilers: Tobi wood figures
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Tobi wood figures.  Height 52 cm.  Eilers, 1936:  plate 5.

Eilers: Tobi wood figures

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Southwest beach with large canoe, canoe house, and fish traps.  Photograph by A. Kramer.     Eilers, 1936:  plate 6. 

Eilers: Tobi southwest beach

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Photograph of this plate by Barbara W. Black, with kind permission of the ethnographic collection, Tübingen University. Sammlung des Instituts für Ethnologie der Universität Tübingen:
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Tübingen University ethnographic collection description: No. 1940. Tobi: Weststrand; Fischerei. Gruppe einheimischer Fischer beim Fischen mit Speeren im flachen Wasser; im Vordergrund Ringelreihel spielende Kinder.

Taro field with hills to east and west.  Photograph by A. Kramer.    Eilers, 1936:  plate 6. 

Eilers: Tobi taro field

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Taro field with hills to south.  Photograph by A. Kramer.  Eilers, 1936:  plate 6.  

Eilers: Tobi taro field

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Tübingen University ethnographic collection description: No. 1937. Tarofelder. Blick auf Tarofelder; im Hintergrund Kindergruppe.

Women's house. Photograph by A. Kramer. Eilers, 1936:  plate 7. 

Eilers: Tobi women's house

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Tübingen University ethnographic collection description: No. 1938. Blick auf 2 Hütten; davor sitzende Eingeborenengruppe.

Village street.  Photograph by A. Kramer.  Eilers, 1936:  plate 7. 

Eilers: Tobi village street

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Photograph of this plate by Barbara W. Black, with kind permission of the ethnographic collection, Tübingen University. Sammlung des Instituts für Ethnologie der Universität Tübingen:
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Tübingen University ethnographic collection description: No. 1946. Dorfszene. Eingeborenengruppe, versammelt vor ihren Häusern.


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