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K P (Kenneth Pike) EmoryDescription
Kenneth Pike Emory (November 23, 1897 – January 2, 1992) was an American anthropologist who played a key role in shaping modern anthropology in Oceania.
In 1924, with a group of Hawaiʻi scientists (including Gerrit P. Wilder, botanist; Mrs. Wilder, historian; Dr. Armstrong Sperry, writer and illustrator; Dr. Stanley Ball), he joined the four masted 170-foot 512 tons vessel Kaimiloa in Honolulu for a five-year expedition, reaching many of the then inaccessible spots of the Pacific. The vessel was a complete floating laboratory, possibly the most complete of any craft that has undertaken a similar trip. Bottles, crates, and boxes are stowed below along with gallons of preservatives for insects and plant specimens for the Bishop Museum. He then spent the next 60 years roaming the Pacific, seeking out Polynesian settlement sites, excavating relics, and photographing petroglyphs. He sought out Polynesians who remembered the pre-Christian chants and rituals, and recorded them on film. By the 1950s, he had become the world's foremost expert on Polynesian culture.Created By
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July 2, 2023![Author's Personal Collection: In the tradition of A. L. Kroeber and other pioneering anthropologists who trained him, Emory's works span all four major fields of anthropology: archaeology, physical anthropology, ethnography, and linguistics.[1] With fellow scientists Gerrit P. Wilder, Honolulu botanist, and Mrs. Wilder, historian; Dr. Armstrong Sperry and Dr. Stanley Ball, he was part of the Bishop Museum scientific research party who explored the South Pacific on the schooner Kaimiloa.](https://d8e7jbdw4fu0e.cloudfront.net/10756/a7cb5af0-1870-11ee-acc8-ffbc3c72e52e-vWLkXkC.lg@2x.jpg)
