Letter informing recipient that a case containing African curios which may be of interest to the Museum as the author no longer has space to house them and would like them for public viewing. Collection includes writing implements, trible garments used in 'African devil dances', bags, a fishing net etc., which are nearly all made by the Mandingos, a tribe dwelling behind Siberia.
Letter in regards to donation from A. Mannheimer of a case of African curios, mostly made by the Mandigos tribe.
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Wai Wai expedition Chusuuma and wife paddling onoro ck
object | ARC/GUP/002/150
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Alterations to Caretaker's Flat
object | ARC/HMG/BD/001/001/003/015
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Slides taken in Muscat, Oman by Ann Douthwaite, 1973-1976
object | ARC/DOU/001/076
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Slide showing the process of silk string manufacture by Rihzhon Khojakhanov and his family
object | ARC/SUL/001/008
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