Southern Māori Archives Project

Letter, 18/02/1938, A L Cleland, Christchurch to H D Skinner, I wish to know more about limestone rock drawings found on the property of R G Cleland, Sutherland, South Canterbury

Letter, 3//3/1938, H D Skinner to A L Cleland, Christchurch, Drawings are of 2 Taniwha, 6 human figures, several moas, 2 ships, and a Maori word in Roman capitals. A horse probably European. Also some recent clay fakes. The drawings cover the whole period of Maori occupation

Letter, 01/12/1938, H D Skinner to Cleveland Museumof Art, We are binding your bulletins and are missing some title pages. Could you supply. My regards to Mr Rossiter Howard

Letter, 28/02/1938, H D Skinner to Coulls Somerville Wilkie, Letter from J Andersen with correct spelling of Maori tribal names. Copy those of interest to you and return. Mr Hayden wants to know the first ship to come under the Wakefield scheme. That was the "Tory"

Letter, 01/03/1938, Coulls Somerville Wilkie to H D Skinner, Thanks for Maori tribe spelling letter we will continue with Ngati-tahu as a large section of the book is in type

Letter, 10/09/1938, Cranmore Museum, Kent to H D Skinner, Acknowledge annual report 1937

Letter, 12/01/1938, Cranmore Museum, Kent to H D Skinner, Re your comments on Santa Cruz figures in your collection, the bark box is a new one, receipt of negs and prints of the George West Figure 4'2". We will publish. Your article on classification of Maori adzes is valuable, Re influence from SW China contact Professor Heine Geldern of Vienna. Hope you can get to the Copenhagen Congress.

Letter, 02/03/1938, H D Skinner to Cranmore Museum, Kent, George West sent us the carved stocks from the men's house, range is 6' to 15" 2 well carved figures used in ritual of shark fishing

Letter, 26/05/1938, H D Skinner to Cranmore Museum, Kent, Neither Fels nor I can get to Copenhagen Money is very tight. Our photographer has take photos of the object you are interested in and will post the separately. One of our four major museums has a model Bure And will ask them to photo it for you. Our stocks collection is large and unique. Massive 6 foot one and small 12" one held in hand during ceremonies, Influenced by Santa Cruz dance wands which should be written up

Letter, 08/04/1938, Cranmore Museum, Kent to H D Skinner, Your Santa Cruz Duka is the best. We are collecting information on stocks also called Duka, some confusion exists. Enquiry of Fijian senit temples or "bure" I have recorded 16 if you have one let me know

Letter, 22/06/1938, H D Skinner to Cranmore Museum, Kent, Posting photo of our Fijian temple. 4 prints of stocks with descriptions and uses. I see you have a large Santa Cruz bowl for exchange. We would exchange for 6 stocks in good order

Letter, 05/09/1938, Cranmore Museum, Kent to H D Skinner, Have your photo of Fijian bure we will publish about 2 dozen. You have a fine lot of Devil sticks from Santa Cruz and the reefs. We have a paper in hand on them. Sorry we can't exchange the bowl.