Edgar Waite's 'North-west Pacific' Expedition Collection

Collection of ethnographic material assembled by Edgar Waite in 1918, then Director of the South Australian Museum, mainly in New Ireland. He also purchased whole collections from various people living in Samarai (Papua), Rabaul (New Britain), New Ireland and the Tabar Islands. 1040 objects, 556 collected by Waite and 484 purchased from other collectors who had objects from as far afield as Manus, the Sepik and Ramu Rivers, and Bougainville. Most significant component is the malangan funerary carvings and masks from New Ireland/Tabar Islands; only the New Ireland collections in Berlin, Chicago, Sydney and Cologne are larger and more representative. Includes Waite's Field Diary (which has been transcribed) and 275 nitrate negatives/prints which have been scanned and indexed.该数据集为埃德加·韦特（Edgar Waite）于1918年汇编的民族志资料集，彼时他正担任南澳大利亚博物馆馆长，采集工作主要开展于新爱尔兰岛。此外，他还从居住在萨马赖（巴布亚）、拉包尔（新不列颠）、新爱尔兰岛及塔巴尔群岛的多位人士手中收购了完整的藏品集合。本数据集共计1040件藏品，其中556件由韦特本人采集，剩余484件则从其他收藏家处收购，这些藏品的征集范围远及马努斯岛、塞皮克河与拉穆河流域以及布干维尔岛。其中最具重要性的组成部分为来自新爱尔兰岛/塔巴尔群岛的马林根（malangan）丧葬雕刻与面具；目前仅柏林、芝加哥、悉尼与科隆所藏的新爱尔兰岛藏品在规模与代表性上更为全面。该数据集还包含韦特的野外日记（已完成转录）以及275张经扫描并编目的硝酸纤维底片/照片。