Checking up the thread on the twisted spool.
Slide showing the process of silk string manufacture by Rihzhon Khojakhanov and his family
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Keffi market pots - baskets, sieves
object | ARC/HMG/RS/STANFIELD/605/017
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[No caption on slide] group outside building with tin roof
object | ARC/HMG/RS/STANFIELD/606/015
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Slide of a woman weaving with a lump of amber on her head
object | ARC/BAL/002/006/011
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Color 35mm positive film of close up of marshland with palm trees on the horizon with reflection in water
object | ARC/GUP/005/143
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