Ueber die Negritos der Philippinen. [Regarding the Negritos of the Philippines]

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pp. 133-174, modern soft cover binding, with 2 plates (weapons / skulls]. RARE. Article about the Philippine Islands from “Zeitschrift für Ethnologie (Journal of Ethnology)”, vol. 12. Alexander Schadenberg (1852-1896) was a German collector, ethnographer, and natural history enthusiast. He was born in Breslau, Germany (now Poland), on May 27, 1852, the son of a court dignitary. In 1876, Schadenberg accepted a position as a chemist at Botica Boie, a German wholesale drug firm of Pablo Sartorius in Manila. He remained with this firm for three years, at the same time indicating his interest in the exploration of the Islands. He carried out a number of excursions into the interior, visiting among others the Negritos of Bataan, Zambales, and Pampanga.