Photograph taken on a mountain pass near Manasarovar on the way to Kailash. There is also a child in the photograph who has a herb poultice on his or her face for illness.
Slide of a Tibetan woman holding a drop spindle
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Black and white negative of man casting net in thigh-deep water off coast with trees in background
object | ARC/GUP/005/159
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Letter by the Captain of HMS ‘Discovery’ to Otto Samson, regarding the dispatch of Captain Scott relics
object | ARC/HMG/CM/007/A/COLBECKW/029
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Horniman Museum and Gardens Posters: General: Man and his Crafts - Art, Magic and Religion
object | ARC/HMG/PR/001/001/003
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Exhibition records: The Story of the Bow press release
object | ARC/HMG/EXH/1978/005/002
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