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Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to Torres Straits

The Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to Torres Straits was an expedition organized by Alfred Cort Haddon in 1898-1899 to Torres Strait Island, New Guinea, and Sarawak. Besides Haddon, the participants were William Halse Rivers Rivers, Charles Samuel Myers, William McDougall, Sidney Herbert Ray, Anthony Wilkin, Charles Gabriel Seligman. Before the expedition, Haddon visited the region in 1888. They collected wax cylinder recordings, and shot several short films, depicting "the spectacular Malu-Bomai ceremony performed by the Torres Strait Islander men of Mer at Kiam".

Reports of the Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to the Torres Straits
• (6 volumes published from 1901 to 1935) • • • • • • == Further reading ==
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