Otago Museum Records/Archives

Letter, 29/11/1938, W A Ferry, Kaikoura to H D Skinner, I am sending a fishhook and pendant found by Miller, if you wish to lend them contact him. He also could provide some fish specimen. The greenstone piece I found at the pa overlooking South Bay, could you tell me about what it was used for?

Letter, 30/11/1938, W A Ferry, Kaikoura to H D Skinner, Enclosed is another piece Millar found in his yard.

Letter, 01/12/1938, H D Skinner to W A Ferry, Kaikoura, The greenstone from the South Bay pa appears to be an unfinished adze turned into a tool for carving wood. Millar's fishhook and pendant are of unusual interest, likely from the North Island.

Letter, 06/04/1938, H D Skinner to A Fleming , On behalf of the Museum management committee thanks for gifting the stone adze and pounder from Gisborne.

Letter, 10/03/1938, R P Furness to H D Skinner, I talked to the town clerk following your letter about the canoe, who had a letter from F H Rutland at the time the canoe was gifted. The view in the latter diverges from yours. We have published your letter along with supplementary material.

Letter, 09/10/1938, J Forbes to W Fels, I am selling my Fijian and Maori collection, which includes a precolonial Fijian skiff, clubs, whale and shark teeth, necklaces, shells, korowai, chisels etc. I will accept 50 pounds for the lot.

Letter, 15/10/1938, J Forbes to H D Skinner, I see your point about not wanting to buy my collection as you may end up with duplicates, however I want to sell it as a whole rather than quote pieces individually. You are welcome to take a look at what I have.

Letter, 12/10/1938, H D Skinner to J Forbes, Mr Fels forwarded your offer to sell us your collection. The museum avoids buying whole collections to avoid duplicating material. Please quote for the back-stratcher with shark teeth, pendants and bone bird ring & send for inspection.

Letter, 02/03/1938, H D Skinner to Dr Frankel, Thanks for instructing T A Sellwood to send us the sheaf of Dreadnought wheat.

Letter, 28/01/1938, H D Skinner to F P Fraser, Acknowledgement of Maori piupiu with taniko border & shoulder mat with taniko border and feathers. You may recall these whenever you wish.

Letter, 05/05/1938, F P Fraser to H D Skinner, I am posting the feather cloak from Wanganui I mentioned, it will on loan indefinitely

Letter, 09/05/1938, H D Skinner to F P Fraser, The feather coat has been received and added to our loan registar