About the author: Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf (22 June 1909 — 11 June 1995) Austrian-born Anthropologist and pioneer in the field of visual anthropology. Professor of Anthropology at SOAS, where he established the Department of Anthropology.
About the diary: In the SOAS Digital Collections as Diary, Lagawe, Philippines (PP MS 19/01/01/27). The diary covers the period from October 1 to December 10, 1968 when he visited Lagawe, Ifugao Province.