New Acquisitions

Letter, 25/01/1925, J A Kershaw, Curator, National Museum of Victoria to H D Skinner, Requesting confirmation of specimen numbers of 4 Australian Aboriginal knives. Also advises return of an adze.

Letter, 14/05/1925, E B Elleson, Curator, Public Library and Museum, New Plymouth to H D Skinner, Advising receipt of list of birds Skinner is willing to supply in exchange for material.

Letter, 01/04/1925, E B Elleson, Curator, Public Library and Museum, New Plymouth to H D Skinner, Acknowledges the "gift" of bird skins and advises posting two "thatch9ng needles", which may need to be returned if a claim for ownership is made.

Letter, 21/04/1925, Assistant Curator, (Otago Museum) to H D Skinner, Expresses thanks for repair of scraper, and advises numbers on stone daggers.

Letter, 04/06/1925, Dr Thomas Thomsen, Nationalmuseet, Copenhagen to H D Skinner, Looks forward to arrival of material especially from the South Island.

Letter, 17/09/2025, E B Elleson, Curator, Public Library and Museum, New Plymouth to H D Skinner, Thanks for gift of fossil Star Fish from the estate of the late T.K. Skinner.

Letter to H D Skinner, Envelope = empty. Rock Pictographs in South Canterbury 24 - 29. 1897 Transactions & Proceedings of the NZ Institute.

Letter, 24/12/1925, E B Elleson, Curator, Public Library and Museum, New Plymouth to H D Skinner, Query re Maori "curios" from skinners father not yet received. Bird skin mounting.

Broken curved fishhook point, tip remaining. Serrated on external side.

Letter, 22/02/1924, not signed to H D Skinner, Request for Easter Island female figure. Comment re collection of Chatham Island Moriori bone "things".

Letter, 04/04/1924, Otago Institute, Dunedin to H D Skinner, Discussion re purchase of a book on GM Thomson's recommendation.

Letter, 06/11/1924, Mr O'Dea to H D Skinner, Query re the Examiner, edited Collins, request copy