Collection Record

letter, 08/02/1934, H.D. Skinner(unsigned) to Mr Drury Low, Correspondence regarding the retyping of various stories about Ruatapu Ariki, Varokura, which are to be sent to the Journal. Regarding adzes, there are 3 hafted adzes, 62 adzes of which 32 are Low's. The Otago Museum already had 60 Adzes from the Cook Islands. Around 30 of the old adzes have been put away. Gruner gave an adze weighing 57 ounces to the British Museum, the largest he has given yet. Mention of a piece of tapa from the Cook Islands, which looks to be of Samoan origin due to the pattern. Mention of a large number of Rarotongan adzes, perhaps as many as 70.