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Ref NoDF/PAL/141/117
Alt Ref NoDF141/117
TitleEthnographical accessions and enquiries
DescriptionFormer ref: AL 1958/41
Correspondence between Kenneth P Oakley and RF Harrison relating to the donation of an engraved skull, New Guinea – museum collection number 1965.3.10.16, donated by the Selby Museum in 1965
A H Foster, relating to a donation of bark-cloth from Uganda, and the top of a human skull from South Africa in 1958
Date1958-1965
AccessStatusOpen
Held ByNHM Archives
LevelFile
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