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Events in the history of the Pitt Rivers Museum that took place in 1922.

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Go to 1921

Month Day Event Source of Information Notes
January 13 Mills confirms that Balfour has arranged to visit Naga Hills PRM ms collections J.P. Mills correspondence, letter to Balfour, 13 January 1922
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June 14 Blackwood is first listed as Demonstrator in Physical Anthropology in the Dept of Human Anatomy Annual Report for 1921 along side L.H. Dudley Buxton Frances Larson pers. comm.
July
August 11 Balfour sails from UK for Naga Hills, India journey Frances Larson pers comm.
August 31 Balfour arrives Mumbai, India Frances Larson pers comm.
September No day  Dudley Buxton leaves for a world tour, Blackwood undertakes his duties as Lecturer in Physical Anthropology and carries out anthropometric work on women in Oxfordshire villages Frances Larson pers comm.
September 6 Balfour arrives in Kalikut Frances Larson pers comm.
September 8 Balfour arrives at Lumbing Junction after train journey where he is met by J.H. Hutton Frances Larson pers comm.
September 10 Hutton and Balfour travel to Kohima Frances Larson pers comm.
September 14 Hutton and Balfour arrive at Kohima Frances Larson pers comm.
September 18 Hutton and Balfour travel to Khonoma Frances Larson pers comm.
September 21 Hutton and Balfour return to Kohima Frances Larson pers comm.
September 27 Hutton and Balfour travel to Manipur Frances Larson pers comm.
October No day  Hutton and Balfour travel among Angami and Sema Naga villages Frances Larson pers comm.
October 24 Hutton and Mills meet up with J.P. Mills at Baimho Frances Larson pers comm.
October 29 Hutton, Mills and Balfour arrive at Mokokchung Frances Larson pers comm.
November 4 Mills and Balfour travel through Chang, Ao and Konyak villages. Balfour suffers relapse of heart condition Frances Larson pers comm. PRM ms collections Balfour papers, diary of Naga Hills visit
November 9 Balfour suffers malaria attack Frances Larson pers comm.
November 28 Balfour and Mills arrive back at Mokokchung Frances Larson pers comm.
December 2 Balfour travels to Nakachari Station Frances Larson pers comm.
December 7 Balfour meets Hutton at Dimapur Frances Larson pers comm.
December 9 Balfour arrives at Kalikut Frances Larson pers comm.
December 16 Balfour travels to Delhi, then Agri, Jaipur, Udaipur Frances Larson pers comm.
Unspecified No real annual report produced for this year, just list of accessions. Therefore, if any new display work was carried out it is not recorded. Relational Museum timelines / Annual Report 1922
Unspecified L.H. Dudley Buxton appointed Lecturer in Physical Anthropology Peter Rivière

 

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