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letter, 03/09/1923 to H D Skinner, Invoice of Curios; India, Persia, St Is combs/ girdle, Albania, Borneo, Tibet, China .

letter, 04/09/1923, C.E. Oldman to H D Skinner, Invoice of curios; 8 ethnographic specimens (NZ wood carving), 16 Neui, Marquese, Tahiti

letter, 04/09/1923, C.E. Oldman to H D Skinner, Invoice of curios; Britain, India, China

letter, 04/09/1923 to H D Skinner, Invoice of curios; Fiji, Taonga, Cooks, NZ (box, whistle), India, Borneo, Burma, Malay

letter, 03/09/1923 to H D Skinner, Invoice of curios; Hervey, Persia, India, Parung, Turkey, Circassian, Burma

letter, 03/09/1923 to H D Skinner, Invoice of curios; Persia, India, Ceylon, Burma, China, Kolar.

letter, 03/09/1923, Francis Alfred Russell Sellers to H D Skinner, Invoice of curios; India, Tibet, Turkey, New Guinea, Albania

letter, 15/09/1923 to H D Skinner, Invoice of curios: New Hebrides, Fiji, Solomons, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Tibet, Samoa, NZ (Haui x 2, paddles), Tahiti.

letter, 18/02/1936, Henry Joosten to H D Skinner, Draft of a letter agreeing to arrange accommodation and speaking opportunities for Skinner and son in London and various unrelated personal topics.

letter, 10/05/1927, Chas Nordhoff to H D Skinner, Itemised list of shipment of artifacts from Tahiti and accompanying letter detailing where they came from and costs. Suggestion he ship back what is not wanted if the cost is too great. Description of Marquesan crown that the museum might be interested in acquiring. Comment that the place (Tahiti?) has been "cleaned to the bone by the representatives of some Scandinavian museum"

letter, 07/02/1926, Chas Nordhoff to H D Skinner, Offer to collect items from Tahiti for museum. Hope that an article be rejected so it can be updated with information from Skinner. Comment on potential Polynesian heritage of Santa Rosa Island Indians

letter, 01/04/1927, Chas Nordhoff to H D Skinner, Suggestion that a sum of money be left with AB Donald Ltd to be used to buy items for museum without having to exchange correspondence

letter, 01/05/1927, Chas Nordhoff to H D Skinner, Apologies for having lost a book. Details of a bonito lure and pearl-shell Katavi sent with letter. Note that other artifacts have been 'snapped up' by another collector.

letter, 07/11/1927 to H D Skinner, Latest letter (September 25th) to be forwarded to Skinner

letter, 25/02/1927 to H D Skinner, Acknowledgement of receipt of items in document 42. Request for enquiries to be made about price of Marquesan crown. Request to inform Mr Spitz that purchase of a stone human figure from Borabora and waist map of human hair will require agreement of committee

letter, 08/04/1927 to H D Skinner, Apologies hat funds have been delayed. Concern they will have lost the Borabora figure and waist map mentioned in document 47. Request to purchase Marquesan tiki mentioned in a letter from Feb 7 . (All three are gone according to document 42)

letter, 22/04/1927 to H D Skinner, Duplicate of 8th enclosed, Draft for L30 for Banque de 1'Indo Chine Papaeete to enable you to make purchases. Please send in sturdy cases paid for from the fund

letter, 28/04/1927, Chas Nordhoff to H D Skinner, Recovered from illness. On the market here 1 Marquesan crown fine old and in excellent condition price $50, Another much older on in bad condition. 2 sold. 3 Three Marquesan carved model canoes one double at 900 francs 2 singles at 100 and 1200 francs these are modern but beautifully carved and show the old method 4. A really old paphia on which medicine was pounded 5. sold Also sending you a 2 fish hooks from Puka Puka genuine old. Describes ritual lashings on hook I know of a genuine old war club might be able to get for $100.

letter, 30/05/1927 to H D Skinner, We will buy the crown $50 and the Paphia 500 francs We are only interested in old stuff. Fish hooks arrived Club sounds expensive will discuss.

letter, 18/06/1927 to H D Skinner, On 10/06 received letter with invoice and shipping papers for a case of specimens Also note from Geo. Spitz with photos and drawings om Marquesan items but our funds are too limited to buy