Southern Māori Archives Project

letter, 12/06/1935, H D Skinner to W Thomson, Ettrick, Dagger tells me you may have a shallow stone bowl. I would like to see it.

letter, 17/05/1935, W Thomson, Ettrick to H D Skinner, Enclosed sketch of curio mentioned, possibly unusual grinding stone. I also have a large red stone axe

letter, 24/04/1935, H D Skinner to Norman B Tindale, Adelaide, Willing to exchange Maori and Cook Island artifacts for Fijian Lotus club, any good Melanesian material, Solomons preserved heads or skulls . Also adzes, fish hooks and bowls

letter, 19/06/1935, H D Skinner to C Towle, Eastwood NSW, Thanks for article on stone scrapers, good to see the variation in forms being worked out. We have hardly any of the forms you figure but many here different to Australia

letter, 24/06/1935, H D Skinner to L Traill, Stewart Island, Thanks for information about Mrs Topi's meres. I they come on market we would like to make an offer. Thanks for letting me see the small unbarbed fish hook point. Large piece of obsidian sent to Auckland

letter, 17/04/1935, L Traill, Stewart Island to H D Skinner, The Greenstone meres are only in my keeping and belong to Mrs Topi who would never sell them. I enclose a carved piece of bone possibly a fish hook

letter, 29/03/1935, H D Skinner to Roy Traill, My uncle saw your brother has a very large piece of greenstone from Ruapuke Island we would like to buy it

letter, 23/11/1936, Mr Low, Librarian, Public Library & Museum, New Plymouth to H.D. Skinner, Accepting offer of conditions for loan of Taranaki collection.

letter, 17/04/1936, Assistant ethnologist to Traill and Fryer, Hastings, As Fels and Skinner are in England we are unable to make an offer. Forwarded your list to Fels

letter, 04/04/1936, Assistant ethnologist to S Fryer, Hastings, We would be glad to receive particulars of Maori material advertised for sale in the O D T on 2 April

letter, 30/05/1935, A D Trendall, Cambridge, England to H D Skinner, Article on early Paestan pottery due next month. My book will be some time away. Madrid supplied me with a wealth of new material. Going to Berlin for a few days to confirm what I have written

letter, 17/04/1935, H D Skinner to A D Trendall, Cambridge, England, Professor Adams gave me a copy of your paper on Volute Krater. Mr Fels has given 6 pots and a series of early Iron age Bronze fibulae from Etruscan.