Letter regarding an elephant tooth that the author collected while travelling; one of the four elephants that carried their luggage dropped a tooth and the author took it with the Horniman Museumin mind. End of letter unreadable as adhered to scrapbook page.
Letter regarding an elephant tooth.
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Photograph: representatives of the Horniman Museum and London County Council during the ceremony for the modernisation of the South Hall, 1965
object | ARC/HMG/PH/EVENTS/1965/001/007
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Receipt
object | ARC/HMG/CM/009/001/F20/119
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Colour positive film of expedition team members pulling boat onto rocks from river
object | ARC/GUP/004/122
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Members of the group photographing in Kunming at the Bamboo Temple
object | ARC/BAL/004/001
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