Collection Record

letter, 16/03/1934, H D Skinner to Mr Drury Low, Has already forwarded cheque for 29 pounds. Will send 3 pounds to Morrinsville for Aitutaki fish hook, whale ivory fish hook, black stone pounder from Atui, 2 wooden penu, breadfruit splitter (which looks brand new), pearl-shell fish hook and a piece of tapa. Requests receipt from Mrs Wilcox. Very interested in Atui kumete and a paroe from Makea's Ariki cook house. Would also like coffin of tamanu wood. Discussion on crescent-shaped pendants across the pacific; interested in whether found on the Cooks. Returning JD Campbell's pukapuka hook and discussion of Polynesian fish hook design. Has seen Gordon Palmer's adze. James Palmer has described blackmailing objects out of French Polynesia.