Proprietor of "The Old Curiosity Shop", Devon St, New Plymouth. Specialised in selling Maori "curios". Buttherworth published catalogues about the curiosities he sold which occassionally featured historical notes about their provenance.
Butterworth, James, active 1895
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From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Papers and diaries
Reference: MS-Papers-0261-04/8
Description: Mainly concerning Maori artifacts. Includes catalogues, newspaper clippings, ms letters and price lists, ms of Maori war cries of 4 contingents Mar 1900, and photographs of curios Includes in catalogues Maori taonga (artifacts and curios) belonging to specific chiefs of the Taranaki and Waikato tribes. See below for names. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Photographs of Maori archefacts