Display of carved and decorated calabashes, Oyo
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Photograph of the construction site of the Horniman Museum's West Hall part-built with workmen in the background, 1933
object | ARC/HMG/PH/BD/003/003
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Black and white print of tree-enclosed river view with branches sticking up out of water
object | ARC/GUP/003/037/002
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Black and white negative close-up view of shirtless man smiling
object | ARC/GUP/003/061
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Black and white negative closeup of Wai Wai tribe member smiling and canoeing down river
object | ARC/GUP/003/004
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