He takes the ends of thread and ties them one by one to the special hooks on the specially adapted bicycles wheel
Slide showing the process of silk string manufacture by Rihzhon Khojakhanov and his family
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Ife, tesseellated paving
object | ARC/HMG/RS/STANFIELD/558/005
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Village woman with headdress. Nankai village. April 10th.
object | ARC/BAL/004/137
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Photograph of conservator Eddie Paterson tending to exhibits in the Natural History Gallery', circa 1950
object | ARC/HMG/PH/NHG/MBP38
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Young female pupil dancing legong. Probably at Walter Spies’ villa in Campuhan.
object | ARC/DEZ/397/2054
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