Catalogue
Catalogue
Object Type
Name/Title
Die Samoa-Inseln. Entwurf einer Monographie mit besonderer Berucksichtigung Deutsch-Samoas
Primary Maker
Contributor/Publisher
[Ray MacMillan]
Place
Date
1980s
Physical Description
2 volumes : illustrations, portraits ; 31 cm
Language
German
Samoan
Level of Current Record
Bib record
Member Object
Edition/State/Version
Facsimile reprint
Subject Category
Content
Bd. 1. Verfassung, Stammbaume und Uberlieferungen
Bd. 2. Ethnographie.
Public Access Text
Subject Notes
TofΓ Maunu Sauni (c. 1820s-1900s) held the Samoan orator chief title of Sauni for Tufulele, Upolu, Samoa, by the 1890s. He was the chief Samoan advisor to German ethnologist Dr Augustin Kraemer in Kraemer's study of Samoa, The Samoan Islands (Vols 1-2, 1901 & 1903). The German medical doctor turned ethnologist regarded Sauni as his 'best teacher' and 'unshakable friend.' According to Kraemer, Sauni was 'generally looked upon by other Samoans as one of the wisest men among them.'(1)--The Devil's Handwriting: Pre-Coloniality and the German State in Quingdao, Samoa, and Southwest Africa (pp. 310-311). George Steinmetz.
Augustin Friedrich Kraemer or KrΣmer (27 August 1865 - 11 November 1941) was a German naturalist and ethnographer. Augustin Kraemer was a Navy surgeon who worked in the Polynesia in 1893-95 and 1897-99.
Collection Type
General Collection
Copyright
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Last Update
19 Dec 2023
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