Collection Record

letter, 17/06/1935, H D Skinner to Willi Fels, Ebony lime knife from Mrs Webster sounds good. Wooden Mere in Kensington sounds reasonable at £12.10.0. Marquesan fan £6 from Oldman arrived. Drury Low sent remainder of stone cut canoe found in a taro swamp. A H Voyce sent large collection of kapkaps from Bourgainville not a gift. 2 small collections from Papanui and Wycliffe bay have been presented. Wicker whitebait trap from a cave in the Taieri gorge. Purchased McCully slab of cut greenstone for £15. Purchased from Muirhead of Glasgow a Maori tokotok steel carved for £1. 2 canoe balers from Wanganui arrived. T W Downes brought in a small hei tiki and wanted books in exchange. Marquesan fan needs cleaning and a little repair. Scott Russell has photographed the Maori house and it is ready for writing up in time. Professor Speight has been sacked by Canterbury Museum. Carnegie corporation has asked Dr Hercus to chair and convene their New Zealand committee.