Letter offering a cinerary urn containing the remains of a Viking taken from a tomb in Denmark. Includes sketch at end of letter, item H.6 1/2.
Letter regarding a Viking cinerary urn from Denmark.
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Bight of Benin, Jos Museum
object | ARC/HMG/RS/STANFIELD/604/011
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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/1965/001/006
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Slide of women beating sorghum
object | ARC/BAL/003/120
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Black and white print of two men with boat beside rapids
object | ARC/GUP/006/312
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