On the beach, getting ready to cast the ashes of the deceased into the sea. The tower, bukur, in which the ashes are carried is yellow and white, unlike the tower used at the cremation. Appears in Hitchcock and Norris as Fig 117.
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Carte de visite featuring a photograph of an unknown woman
object | ARC/HMG/HOR/015/075
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Photograph of 'General view of assembly shop'
object | ARC/BH/BOO/012/001/004/077
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object | ARC/HMG/RS/STANFIELD/550/020
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View of North Hall looking north from lower floor, circa 1910
object | ARC/HMG/PH/GPL/006
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