[caption reads in pencil] "Could it be cut. The famous conch shell at Brighton- but not at all as we wanted it- and really we cannot do with another picture of McGavin!! OM."
Photograph: Gervase de Peyer and Eric McGavin
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Plaiting tobacco on banana leaf mat
object | ARC/HMG/RS/STANFIELD/547/010
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Hart Museum Visitor Books
object | ARC/HAR/003/043
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14th April. Daimon village. Four Seals Miao. Man with firecracker.
object | ARC/BAL/004/178
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Photograph: Eric McGavin demonstrating a Goto brand Orgaboard (musical blackboard)
object | ARC/MCG/PH/1426
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