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letter, 05/05/1935, Mr Drury Low to H.D. Skinner, Still trying to get Judge and Mr Smith to sent turu tua. Has an adze and a three-legged kuete to send, working on obtaining a Taro god from the swamps. Nores that although old gods supposedly destroyed, many hidden/lost/forgotten. Still working on writing down the details of the game of pua (for thesis? paper?). Has watched local cure for illness called Tira. Complaints about damage to boats on reef, costs of shipping oranges, and the party the Queen of Tararo Ariki and her hangers-on are having outside his room. Comment re Te Rangi Hiroa (what a loss, NZ hasn't much time for her own people)

0001.6.14/1.20

Details

Production Date
05 May 1935
Record Level
Item
Associated Person
Dr H. D. Skinner
Accession Number
0001.6.14/1.20

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