Six page untitled typescript which appears to be missing its final page(s). Opening lines: 'I have been asked to talk to you on a subject which could last many hours, in fact, many weeks if you were patient enough to listen and it is difficult to know exactly where to start and where to end. The earliest sounds which would have been recognized by prehistoric man would be the sound of wind through the trees or across the tops of broken reeds or canes.'
Typescript of a talk by Eric McGavin on the history of musical instrument playing and the development of brass instruments
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Black and white print of people-filled boat on river (view from another boat)
object | ARC/GUP/006/097/002
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14th April. Ciching village. Group of village women.
object | ARC/BAL/004/194
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Insert 1.4: 4-page typed document detailing the transparencies and photographs of the Wai-Wai and Mawayan Indians in this folder. Written by Nicholas Guppy. Page 4.
object | ARC/GUP/004/142
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Black and white negative men building boats pulled up on shore
object | ARC/GUP/005/056/001
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