Albert Buell Lewis (June 21, 1867 – October 10, 1940) was the first American anthropologist to conduct a systematic, long-term field study in Melanesia, A. B. Lewis is best remembered for the collection and documentation of over 14,000 Melanesian objects gathered in the colonial territories of Melanesia during his time as the leader of the Joseph N. Field South Pacific Expedition from 1909 to 1913. This extensive collection and documentation is now housed at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, Illinois. (From Wikipedia)
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Lewis, A. B. (Albert Buell), 1867-1940: Carved and Painted Designs From New Guinea (Anthropology design series #5; Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1931) (multiple formats at archive.org)
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Lewis, A. B. (Albert Buell), 1867-1940: Block prints from India for textiles (Chicago, 1924) (page images at HathiTrust)- Lewis, A. B. (Albert Buell), 1867-1940: Decorative art of New Guinea, incised designs. (Field Museum of Natural History, 1925), also by Berthold Laufer (page images at HathiTrust)
- Lewis, A. B. (Albert Buell), 1867-1940: Ethnology of Melanesia : Joseph N. Field Hall (hall A, ground floor) (Field Museum of Natural History, 1932), also by Field Museum of Natural History. Dept. of Anthropology (page images at HathiTrust)
- Lewis, A. B. (Albert Buell), 1867-1940: Incised designs (Field Museum of Natural History, 1925), also by Berthold Laufer and Field Museum of Natural History (page images at HathiTrust)
- Lewis, A. B. (Albert Buell), 1867-1940: Javanese batik designs from metal stamps (Chicago, 1924) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Lewis, A. B. (Albert Buell), 1867-1940: Melanesian shell money in Field Museum collections (Chicago, 1929) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Lewis, A. B. (Albert Buell), 1867-1940: The Melanesians, people of the South Pacific. (Chicago Natural history museum, 1945) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Lewis, A. B. (Albert Buell), 1867-1940: The Melanesians, people of the South Pacific (Chicago Natural History Museum, 1951) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Lewis, A. B. (Albert Buell), 1867-1940: New Guinea masks (Field museum of natural history, 1922) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Lewis, A. B. (Albert Buell), 1867-1940: The use of sago in New Guinea (Field Museum of Natural History, 1923) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Lewis, A. B. (Albert Buell), 1867-1940: Use of tobacco in New Guinea and neighboring regions (Field Museum of Natural History, 1924) (page images at HathiTrust)
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