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His fieldwork involved a revolutionary system of participant observation whereby the researcher became completely involved in the life of the people he studied. He was reader in social anthropology 192427 and professor from 1927 at the University of London, and was visiting professor at Yale, USA, from 1938.
He wrote several influential monographs on the islanders, including Argonauts of the Western Pacific (1922), Sex and Repression in Savage Society (1928), The Sexual Life of Savages (1929), and Coral Gardens and Their Magic (1935).
The cross represents the Greek Orthodox faith. Blue stands for the sea and sky. The shade has varied over the years. White symbolizes purity. Effective date: 22 December 1978.
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