Edwin Ferdon (June 14, 1913 – November 13, 2002) was an American ethnologist noted for his studies of the people of the Americas and Polynesia.
During his lifetime, Ferdon participated in field work in Peru, Bolivia, Mexico, Ecuador, and Easter Island.
[7] He left that job in order to do fieldwork in Ecuador for three years where he conducted archaeological surveys.
[8] While in Eastern Polynesia, Ferdon studied the walking rituals and the details of modern life in Tahiti.
[1] During his career as an anthropologist and archaeologist, he was also the director of the Museum of International Folk Art in Santa Fe.