Photographic 35mm slides assembled by John Picton, potentially for a lecture at the Horniman Museum. The slides depict masks and mask making in Africa. A card label accompanying the slides reads 'John Picton Masks & Notes' but no notes were found with this set of slides.
Slides: masks and mask making, John Picton
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