Copper sulphate for sale in market - used to preserve starch paste
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Story to accompany embroidery, 'Wildlife in the Rupununi river' by Shirley Gregory
Two Notecards, with provenance and disposal notes on the Scott relics formerly held by the Horniman Museum
Hart Museum Visitor Books
Photograph: bass horn, ophicleide and English basshorn
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