James Edward Little

Career Dealer / Manufacturer / Forger

Biography Little was born at Torquay, England. He became an antique dealer and a skilful manufacturer of Polynesian artifacts. [Alison Petch [as part of 'The Other Within' project 2006-9] 06/02/2007]

Biography References http://www.nram.org.nz/e/73/a405.html / http://www.pukeariki.com/en/stories/arts/littlefakes.asp

County No counties listed

Relationship Maker

Archaeological or Ethnographic Ethnography

Collected around 1932

Dates active 1876-1953

Donated around 1951

English collections Reproduction of a Maori-style bone flute. A forgery

Oxford Uni Education No

Oxford based No

English collection size 1

Connections Henry Solomon Wellcome / Wellcome Historical Medical Museum / Glendining's Auction Rooms