Attaches the end of thread taken from chalhak to the spool on the engine.
Slide showing the process of silk string manufacture by Rihzhon Khojakhanov and his family
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Black and white medium format negative of river view framed by a roof and plants
object | ARC/GUP/006/382
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Black and white photograph of Roger and Audrey Brain
object | ARC/BRA/001/001
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Amazon Columbia Marañon Yagua Village nr. Sta Helena I. am (23/10)
object | ARC/GUP/001/078
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35mm slide: Bed in hotel room (Oct 10th – no mosquito net, one table’?)
object | ARC/BAL/005/219
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