Wild yam flower
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Coastlands bathing in a fishing boat
December the 23rd, 1889. Mr. Horniman begs to send you enclosed, thinking you would like to make the announcement known amongst your friends and connections
Exhibition poster: ''Out of Africa, there is always something new'' - African Worlds from March 1st 1999
Photograph of the construction site of the Horniman Museum's West Hall with a workhorse in the foreground, May 1933
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