""A Contribution to Samoan Somatology"" is a book written by Louis Robert Sullivan that chronicles the field studies of E.W. Gifford and W.C. McKern in Samoa in 1921. The book is a comprehensive analysis of the physical characteristics of the Samoan people, including their skeletal structure, cranial features, and bodily measurements. It provides a detailed account of the methodology used by Gifford and McKern in their anthropological research, as...