Black and white negative of people rowing down tree/plant-lined river in canoe with sail
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Indigo dyed, hand painted eleko cloth called 'Olokun'

35mm slide: Faith Tillotson, who was the group leader, being greeted at the entrance to the village. She (or ‘Fay?’) bought Peter Baldwin the coolie hat on this day.

Black and white medium format negative (scanned positive)of laden men trekking across a grassland

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