Lamak by a gateway. Each course in the wall would have been laid on a separate day. Long grass on roof, rice straw on wall. The strain of rice used then had a much longer stalk than modern varieties.
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Girls spinning and looming cotton at the textile centre in Owo
object | ARC/HMG/RS/STANFIELD/003/046
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The Horniman Museum New Lecture Hall and Library. Drawing 2
object | ARC/HMG/BD/001/002/002
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Amazon - Marañon Colombia. Arara village (Ticuna) am (30/29)
object | ARC/GUP/001/202
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A Handbook to the Cases Illustrating Stages in the Evolution of the Domestic Arts, Part 1: Agriculture, the Preparation of Food and Fire-making (Including also Notes on the Andaman Collection), 1910
object | ARC/HMG/PB/001/028
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