The picture showing the tying knot to the spool (close shot)
Slide showing the process of silk string manufacture by Rihzhon Khojakhanov and his family
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Amazon - Marañon Colombia. Arara village (Ticuna) am (31/4)
object | ARC/GUP/001/182
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Color 35mm positive film of avenue lined with huts/houses with palm trees with dead leaves in foreground
object | ARC/GUP/005/144
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Black and white print of mountains in distance
object | ARC/GUP/006/216
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Sacred shrine in the compound of the Senior Otaru of Igarra
object | ARC/HMG/RS/STANFIELD/003/034
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