A wind horse is a symbol of well-being or good fortune.
Slide of wind horses being thrown up in Sourje
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Blackwall Lane School, Greenwich Division (Dreadnought) GREN 919A. West and East Elevation. Drawing no. 8
object | ARC/HMG/BD/001/005/006
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List of exhibitions held at the Horniman Museum between 1965 and 1985
object | ARC/HMG/EXH/GEN/001
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St. Anne's School - hair tieing, first stage oiling and parting
object | ARC/HMG/RS/STANFIELD/554/007
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Note paper listing Scott’s relics held by the Horniman Museum.
object | ARC/HMG/CM/007/A/COLBECKW/041
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