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Doc.269


Description

Typed letter from Dr Peter Gathercole, formerly Director of the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, to Dr Debbie Swallow. Letter concerns the documentation of a Fijian tapa or barkcloth acquired from Fulbourn Manor c. 1978. The tapa was found by Terry Hoare in the Bevan Work Room in 1988, unaccessioned and with no documentation. Attached is a letter from Terry Hoare, on behalf of Dr Paul Saint Cassia, to Dr Gathercole asking him about the matter.


Place

Oceania; Polynesia; Fiji


Source


Date

21 August 1988


Keywords


Author

Gathercole. Peter


Events

Description (CMS Description)
Typed letter from Dr Peter Gathercole, formerly Director of the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, to Dr Debbie Swallow. Letter concerns the documentation of a Fijian tapa or barkcloth acquired from Fulbourn Manor c. 1978. The tapa was found by Terry Hoare in the Bevan Work Room in 1988, unaccessioned and with no documentation. Attached is a letter from Terry Hoare, on behalf of Dr Paul Saint Cassia, to Dr Gathercole asking him about the matter.
28/01/2011
Created by: maa on 28/01/2011


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