Collection Record

letter, 09/02/1934, H. D. Skinner to Dr Peter Buck, Yale University New Haven, Emory says you have nine hundred photos of Polynesian pieces in European museums The Hocken would like a set prepared to pay £20 or more, Miss De Beer and Beasley heard you lecture before the R.A.I. Paper in Oceania "Are the Ontong Javanese Polynesians?" Summaries of papers by Roland Dixon and John F Stokes. Dr Elder is following his book on Marsden with one on Marsden's Lieutenants especially Kendall. Hongi's mat stumps me , appears to be whaktipu but is red. Dressed flax sometimes dyed red with kokowai. What do you think. Elephantiasis is driving Drury Low off Aitutaki.