Outrigger canoes, c.1914-1929

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Series 10019
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Comprises: manuscripts, notes, press cuttings, and correspondence.

(a) The varieties, geographical distribution and ethnological significance of outrigger canoes by JH. (annotated typescript)

(b) Polynesia: (annotated typescript)

Correspondents include: J Macmillan Brown (Christchurch); James Hornell (en route to Samoa) to Haddon and to E Best (copy); A Thomas (Apia); AC Haddon (Cambridge); William Welch (Sydney); Elsdon Best (Wellington); HD Skinner (Dunedin); James Hornell (Madras) to Skinner (copies).

Subjects include: Polynesian canoes; Hornell's visit to Marquesas, his opinion of St George expedition 'was organised without sufficient forethought'; his visit to Tonga; Haddon's agreement to work on a memoir on outrigger canoes of Oceania; Hornell's membership of Polynesian Society.

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