Otago Museum Records/Archives

letter, 04/10/1934, H D Skinner to W E Goffe Raumoa Gisborne, £15 seems a bit high but will consider it if of high quality Please send it and the necklace You might include the old fishhooks

letter, 10/10/1934, W E Goffe Raumoa Gisborne to H D Skinner, Sent Kumara God, Necklace and 2 fishhooks worth £4. Concerned so much good stuff is being bought up by overseas collectors and shipped out

letter, 15/10/1934, H D Skinner to W E Goffe Raumoa Gisborne, They arrived and will be assessed in a few days

letter, 25/10/1934, H D Skinner to W E Goffe Raumoa Gisborne, Carving is too deep for stone tools, conclusion it is an old piece that has been touched up. Offer £10. Will buy necklace and hooks. What price for hei-tiki?

letter, 29/10/1934, W E Goffe Raumoa Gisborne to H D Skinner, As I am treating with the Dominion Caretakers of these priceless objects I accept the sum offered. Sketch of 3 sided hei tiki enclosed. Found at between Kaikohe and Mangakahia 20 years ago. Price can be arranged

letter, 02/11/1934, H D Skinner to W E Goffe Raumoa Gisborne, Sending cheque, hei tiki sounds interesting send by registered post

letter, 20/11/1934, W E Goffe Raumoa Gisborne to H D Skinner, Have sent hei tiki Holding the hei tiki at an angle and rotating displays the different faces. You put a price on it

letter, 29/11/1934, H D Skinner to W E Goffe Raumoa Gisborne, Decided no action on Hei tiki and returning it .

letter, 05/12/1934, W E Goffe Raumoa Gisborne to H D Skinner, Hei tiki arrived. Let me know what sort of stuff you want.

letter, 18/12/1934, H D Skinner to W E Goffe Raumoa Gisborne, Interested in adzes especially with spirals in relief also flax beaters and pestles. Hand nets, fish traps, bait baskets and special carvings

letter to, Story of getting an illicit cargo of stone pieces from French Polynesia on to a ship

letter, 01/11/1934, R.D. Frisbie, Apia, Samoa to "Trenn", Story from Puka-Puka