The Horniman Museum and Garden's official Christmas card for 2006. Front image is an Inuit carved ivory polar bear from Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada and acquired by the museum in 1924.
Horniman Museum Christmas card 2006
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View of South Hall looking south with Keeper on the groud floor, circa 1910
Black and white print of building in distance among trees - possibly a pond in the foreground
Deuce nuit. Silent Night, music written for the Dipano zither, circa 1975
Mat weaving from guinea-corn stems, Bida
Collection Information
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