Six colour slides featuring objects from the Horniman Ethnographic collection relating to indiginous peoples of Alaska and Northern Canadia, including the Eskimo. The slides would have originally featured a written commentary and were manufactured and packaged by the Horniman Museum and Library for sale as souvenirs. According to attached price stickers, these would have sold for £1.00 per pack.
Horniman Museum souvenir slides: Eskimo artefacts
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Slide showing the process of silk string manufacture by Rihzhon Khojakhanov and his family
object | ARC/SUL/002/025
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Silk weaving, Sanyan for sale
object | ARC/HMG/RS/STANFIELD/536/015
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Black and white print small boat by jetty made of branches
object | ARC/GUP/006/378
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Black and white negative of Wai Wai person in middle of river with trees surrounding
object | ARC/GUP/004/100
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