The Pagutan Barong with heron feathers, between two umbrellas. Smoke around. Professor Dibia suggests that the grass may have been cut for the performance, and the smoke is the dry grass burning.
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Press cutting titled: The Horniman Museum at Forest Hill: The New Indian Curios.
object | ARC/HMG/PR/004/001/186
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Black and white medium format negative of river view
object | ARC/GUP/006/142
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A Coaching Exhibition
object | ARC/HMG/PR/004/001/120
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Hawkins wai wai Kivifallka friend with stayed infant
object | ARC/GUP/002/118
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