Souvenirs from Surrey House Museum (the predecessor to the Horniman Museum and former home of the Horniman family). File contains three booklets (two are identical) from Japan containing illustrations of animals with corresponding Japanese characters, and a short illustrated narrative.
Surrey House Museum Souvenirs
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Wai Wai expedition Self, camp, wauk New River
HD video footage collected by Tom Crowley in the Kalash Valleys, North West Pakistan, May 2013
Slide showing the process of silk string manufacture by Rihzhon Khojakhanov and his family
Village girl
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