Henry Balfour
Biographic Data
| ID | 304908 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Henry Balfour |
| GIVEN NAMES | Henry |
| FAMILY NAME | Balfour |
| SIGNATURE | BALFOUR H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Anthropological Survey of India |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 90 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 69 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 90 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1888 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Dr. James Tarlton Rayment: An Appreciation
A Native Tool Kit from the Kimberley District, Western Australia
A Phallic Stone from Central Australia
Ritual and Secular Uses of Vibrating Membranes as Voice-Disguisers
King George the Sixth Sound: Discussion
The Structure of the Lower Yangtze Terraces: Discussion
Recent Reconnaissance Flights in the Antarctic: Discussion
Notes on the Scientific Work of the British Graham Land Expedition, 1934-37: Discussion
The Geographical Factor in Mongol History: Discussion
Population Changes in the Colliery Districts of Northumberland and Durham: Discussion
Through the Unexplored Mountains of the Assam-Burma Border: Discussion
Lhasa in 1937: Discussion
The Shaksgam Expedition, 1937: Discussion
The Land of Sheba: Discussion
An Expedition to North West Greenland and the Canadian Arctic in 1937: Discussion
British Graham Land Expedition, 1934-37: Discussion
The Discovery of a New Reef Near Attu Island: Discussion
The Coral Islands and Associated Features of the Great Barrier Reefs: Discussion
The Motor Route from Peking to Kashgar: Discussion
The Medical and Physiological Aspects of the Mount Everest Expeditions: Discussion
The Culbin Sands and Burghead Bay: Discussion
The First Crossing of Antarctica: Discussion
Climatic Cycles: Discussion
The Oxford University Greenland Expedition, West Greenland, 1936: Discussion
The Kangerdlugssuak Region of East Greenland: Discussion
On the Method Employed by the Natives of N.W. Australia in the Manufacture of Glass Spear-Heads
A Native Tool Kit from the Kimberley District, Western Australia
The Status of the Tasmanians Among the Stone-Age Peoples. Presidential Address for the Year 1924
An apology of some sort is so usual a preamble to an address, that I might be tempted to court originality by departing from the normal and foregoing the confessional. Circumstances, however, are compelling in my case and I have no opening for escape. In the first place a combination of factors prevented my delivering a presidential address to the Society during my term of office, and for this I owe sincere apologies. I have to ask you in your ki…
On the Structure and Affinities of the Composite Bow
Ritual and Secular Uses of Vibrating Membranes as Voice-Disguisers
On a Remarkable Ancient Bow and Arrows Believed to Be of Assyrian Origin
Presidential Address
Some Ethnological Suggestions in Regard to Easter Island, or Rapanui
Memorial Heads in the Pitt-Rivers Museum
The Natural History of the Musical Bow. A Chapter in the Developmental History of Stringed Instruments of Music
Earth Smoking-Pipes from South Africa and Central Asia
Frictional Fire-Making with a Flexible Sawing-Thong
The Goura, a Stringed-Wind Musical Instrument of the Bushmen and Hottentots
Henry Balfour, The Goura, a Stringed-Wind Musical Instrument of the Bushmen and Hottentots, The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. 32 (Jan. - Jun., 1902), pp. 156-176
The Culbin Sands and Burghead Bay: Discussion
The Mount Everest Expedition of 1936: Discussion
Occurrence of 'Cleavers' of Lower-Palaeolithic Type in Northern Nigeria
Ceremonial Fire-Making in the Naga Hills
Thorn-Lined Traps and Their Distribution
Forty-Sixth Annual Report of the Council
Forty-Fifth Annual Report of the Council
On the Evolution of a Characteristic Pattern on the Shafts of Arrows from the Solomon Islands
Henry Balfour, On the Evolution of a Characteristic Pattern on the Shafts of Arrows from the Solomon Islands, The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. 17 (1888), pp. 328-332
Exhibition of Arrows from the Solomon Islands
Note on the Use of "Elk" Teeth for Money in North America
On the Structure and Affinities of the Composite Bow
The Old British "Pibcorn" or "Hornpipe" and its Affinities
THE primitive wind instrument known by the name of " Pibcorn, Pibgorn, or Piccorn," now obsolete, has been but rarely described, and still more rarely figured, as specimens of it are now extremuely scarce.There is evidence of its considerable antiquity in Great Britain, and most authorities regard it as of purely indigenous origin.Sir John Hawkins' says that the "Horinpipe " was invenited in this counitry, and Fetis2 mentions Angelsea as its plac…
Life History of an Aghori Fakir; with Exhibition of the Human Skull Used by Him as a Drinking Vessel, and Notes on the Similar Use of Skulls by Other Races
Henry Balfour, Life History of an Aghori Fakir; with Exhibition of the Human Skull Used by Him as a Drinking Vessel, and Notes on the Similar Use of Skulls by Other Races, The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. 26 (1897), pp. 340-357
On a Remarkable Ancient Bow and Arrows Believed to Be of Assyrian Origin
The Natural History of the Musical Bow. A Chapter in the Developmental History of Stringed Instruments of Music
Beschreibender Catalog der Ethnographischen Sammlung Ludwig Biro-s aus Deutsch-New-Guinea (Berlinhafen)
A Spear-Head and Socketed Celt of Bronze from the Shan States, Burma
A Swan-Neck Boomerang of Unusual Form
Strangling-Cords from the Murray River, Victoria, Australia
Native Smoking Pipes from Natal
This is a book which is by its very nature more interesting
Guilloche Pattern on an Etruscan Potsherd
Memorial Heads in the Pitt-Rivers Museum
Three Bambu Trumpets from Northern Territory, South Australia
The Goura, a Stringed-Wind Musical Instrument of the Bushmen and Hottentots
Henry Balfour, The Goura, a Stringed-Wind Musical Instrument of the Bushmen and Hottentots, The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. 32 (Jan. - Jun., 1902), pp. 156-176
On the Method Employed by the Natives of N.W. Australia in the Manufacture of Glass Spear-Heads
"Thunderbolt" Celts from Benin
A Double-Headed Club from the Fijian Islands
Bird and Human Designs from the Solomon Islands, Illustrating the Influence of One Design Over Another
Note upon an Implement of Palæolithic Type from the Victoria Falls, Zambesi
H. Balfour, Note upon an Implement of Palæolithic Type from the Victoria Falls, Zambesi, The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. 36 (Jan. - Jun., 1906), pp. 170-171
Anthropogeographical Investigations in British New Guinea: Discussion
The Rhodesia Ruins: Their Probable Origin and Significance: Discussion
Flint-Engraved Pottery from the Ruins at Khami and Dhlo Dhlo, Rhodesia
Geography (57 works) · History (39 works) · History (36 works) · Geology (30 works) · Archaeology (22 works) · Geology (22 works) · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (19 works) · Art (14 works) · Ancient history (12 works) · Physical geography (9 works)