Karl von den Steinen

Prof. Karl von den Steinen
Born	1855
Died	1929
Residence	Friedrichstrasse, 8, Steglitz, Berlin [1915] Museum fur Volkerkunde, Berlin [1905]
Occupation	medical anthropologist museum work
Society Membership membership Hon. Fellow elected_AI 1905

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Karl von den Steinen (* 7. March 1855 in Mülheim an der Ruhr; † 4. November 1929 in Kronberg im Taunus) was a German physician (with a focus on psychiatry), anthropologist, explorer, Americanist and author of important ethnological works, the particular itself to the exploration of the Indian cultures of Central Brazil has rendered outstanding services and the art of the Marquesan. He laid the permanent foundations for Brazilian ethnology.

Publications

External Publications

· Karl von den Steinen: Through Central Brazil: Expedition to explore the Schingú in J. 1884. Brockhaus, Leipzig 1886; · Reprint: Fines Mundi, Saarbrücken 2006 · (digitized)
· Karl von den Steinen: The Bakairi language: vocabulary, phrases, saying, grammar; · contributed to a phonology of Caribbee basic language. Koehler, Leipzig 1892 · (digitized)
· Karl von den Steinen: Among primitive peoples Central Brazil. · · Travel descriptions and results of second Schingú Expedition 1887-1888. Geographical Verlagsbuchhandlung of Dietrich Reimer, Berlin 1894 · (digitized and full text in · German Text Archive)
Reprint: Fines Mundi, Saarbrücken 2006
· Karl von den Steinen: The Marquesan and their art:. Studies on the development of primitive Südseeornamentik by own trip results and the material of the museums 3 volumes, Reimer, Berlin 1925-1928; Reprint: NY, 1969; · Reprint: Fines Mundi, Saarbrücken 2006 · (digital copies of Vol 1 and 2 (Bodleian Libraries)..)
· Volume 1 tattooing: a history of the island group and a comparative introduction on the Polynesian custom. 1925
· Volume 2 Plastic: with an introduction about the "Material Culture" and an appendix "Ethnographic supplements". 1928
· Volume 3 The collections. 1928