Letter to Walter Hough
name: label: Creator
content: Balfour, Henry
label: Addressee
content: Hough, Walter, 1859-1935
label: Collection Creator
content: National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Department of Anthropology
label: Collection Creator
content: Smithsonian Institution. Department of Anthropology
label: Collection Creator
content: Smithsonian Institution. United States National Museum. Department of Anthropology
topic: label: Topic
content: Lamp (crusie) -- French
label: Topic
content: Drill -- shell drill -- Savage Island
creator: label: Creator
content: Balfour, Henry
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content: Department of Anthropology records
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content: Department of Anthropology records / Series 17: Division of Ethnology / 17.1: Manuscript and Pamphlet File / Hough, Walter—Incoming letters
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 4 Pages
unitdate: label: Date
content: March 31, 1890
container: label: Container
content: Box 22, Folder 293
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
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content: Archival materials
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content: Pages
label: Type
content: Letters
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content: Letters
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Discusses a French lamp ("crusie") that he wishes to exchange. Provides sketch of it. Offers additional Carib stone axes in exchange for lamps. States he is having Indian fire drill made and would be glad to have American Indian drills. Provides sketch of a shell drill from Savage Island.