Colour slide taken in Bhutan outside Drukyel Dzong. These spirit traps are normally placed outside houses or at shrines. The child had probably just picked it up. Taken October 14th 1992.
Slide of a little girl with a spirit trap
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Slide of Horniman house and Coombe Cliff Conservatory
object | ARC/HMG/BD/003/006/006/006
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Black and white negative of two men surveying mine from a distance
object | ARC/GUP/006/027
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35mm slide: Girls dressed in their finery for the benefit of the guests at Bayei or Bouyei village of Raorao. [Peter Baldwin bought an apron and hat in this village]
object | ARC/BAL/005/007
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The South Hall - Development of Man's Arts and Crafts
object | ARC/HMG/PR/003/002/002
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