Colour slide taken in Bhutan. A thangka is a painting made on cotton or silk.
Slide of the Thimpu school of thangka painting
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Slide of a little girl with a spirit trap
object | ARC/BAL/003/001
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Male dancer teaching two young female pupils to dance legong. Probably at Walter Spies’ villa in Campuhan.
object | ARC/DEZ/397/2056
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Receipt for three Captain Scott relics dispatched to HMS 'Discovery'
object | ARC/HMG/CM/007/A/COLBECKW/034
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Souvenir slide: Sealskin parka (Eskimo, Northern Canada)
object | ARC/HMG/PR/008/A/012/003
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