Collection Record

letter, 11/06/1934, H D Skinner to Dr J C Wadmore, Whakatane, T.E. Donne stated that the carved figures were outside, not inside - house correctly installed at Melbourne, not in England. Have photo of house in England, "whoever was in charge of it at the time stands easily supreme among all the idiots who have dealt with such matters." Suggest tukutuku panels deteriorated due to climatic exposure when new, ditto damage to wood. Vertical carvings have gone missing or very badly damaged. Names of ancestors are cut in roman letters across figures. One at most honourable sleeping place has no name, has an eel in each hand. Can you identify them? Discussion funds and building works at museum.