Includes introduction and outline plan of exhibition.
Exhibition records: Horniman Museum: The History of Writing, 21 Jun 1938-31 Aug 1938
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Black and white print of man standing near river with rocks and trees
object | ARC/GUP/006/203
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Slide of Golok women with a sling to keep wolves away
object | ARC/BAL/002/003/009
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Black and white negative of man sitting at table next to large grass hut in open field with many supplies
object | ARC/GUP/003/047
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Amazon - Marañon Peru. Yanamono Yagua village (26/10)
object | ARC/GUP/001/125
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