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Friday, June 11, 2010

Letter of the Day: June 11

Smithsonian Institution,
Washington, D.C., June 11 1878

Sir:

We have to acknowledge with thanks the receipt of “a tattooed head of a Maori, or New Zealander,” transferred to this Institution, where it originally formed part of the collection of the Wilkes Expedition.

Very truly yours,
Spencer F. Baird
Sect. S.I.

Dr. George A. Otis,
Curator Army Med Museum