Haddon first went to the Torres Strait in 1888 to study coral reefs and turned instead to its people. Returning with the Cambridge expedition of 1898, he describes life on Murray Island and Mabuiag, the Malu ceremonies, totemism and the cult of Kwoiam, voyages to British New Guinea and a journey among the Kayan and other peoples of Sarawak.
A founding narrative of British anthropology, readable as travel and valuable as a record of vanished customs. Download the free EPUB.