Letter to Walter Hough
name: label: Creator
content: Hobbs, John F.
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: Boomerangs
creator: label: Creator
content: Hobbs, John F.
culture: label: Culture
content: Australian Aborigines -- fire sticks
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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: 12 Pages
unitdate: label: Date
content: July 5, 1890
container: label: Container
content: Box 22, Folder 293
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
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content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Letters
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content: Letters
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Explains uses of terms "Aborigines" and "native" and the legal position of each. Mentions way of referring to groups of Aborigines by districts or rivers and briefly touches upon having witnessed a battle between two groups in 1883. Refers to plans for his future travel to the New Hebrides and New Guinea. Describes "fire sticks" for making fire and provides rough sketches and descriptions of the way they work. Briefly discusses boomerangs.