Folder covering Europe, Asia and Americas. Correspondence, notes, specimen list, museum object report form and two black and white photographic prints relating to a collection of textiles and clothing from various countries including a Peruvian shoulder baf and lama wool cloths from Bolivia as well as items from Holland and the Balkans. The collection comprises material collected by several generations of the donor's family with her grandparents and parents collecting textiles while living near Jakarta. While her aunt (father's siter) collected the textiles from Europe and South America. The photograph envelope includes this note: "From Mrs Els Minter-Goedbloed- the man in the photo is her uncle, Mr Jeekal, who was an economist employed by Shell. He worked in Sumatra, Borneo and Java as well as South America, Middle East etc."
Anthropology object history files: Minter-Goedbloed, E.
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