Showing how to tie the thread to the hook.
Slide showing the process of silk string manufacture by Rihzhon Khojakhanov and his family
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de Zoete India photographic print: Shanta Rao demonstrating dance posture in garden
object | ARC/DEZ/566/0464
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Black and white negative of cows and sheep grazing under trees and drinking from canal filled with lily pads
object | ARC/GUP/005/069
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The Horniman: Visitor's Guide, 1998
object | ARC/HMG/PR/002/1998/001
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Slide showing the process of silk string manufacture by Rihzhon Khojakhanov and his family
object | ARC/SUL/003/009
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