Colour slide taken in Bhutan outside Drukyel Dzong. These spirit traps are normally placed outside houses or at shrines. The child had probably just picked it up. Taken October 14th 1992.
Slide of a little girl with a spirit trap
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Wolverhampton Hippodrome programme
object | ARC/RAT/017
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Letter by Patricia Mugliston to Otto Samson, regarding the dispatch of Scott relics
object | ARC/HMG/CM/007/A/COLBECKW/031
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Colour slide of Wai Wai tribe member with intricate facial paint and hair ornamentation
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14th April. Ciching village. Black Miao woman with musician.
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