Stock photographs (copyright in brackets) - 1: illustration of spinning and weaving IT784 (unknown); 2:Gandaharua (celestial musician) sandstone 10th century AD (V&A 54625); 3: Gandaharua (celestial musician) grey sandstone Halebid, Mysore 12th century (V&A; un-numbered); 4: Detail of ceiling, Tejahpata Temple, Dilvara, Mount Abu, 1232AD (V&A J1008); 5: Puja at Tharpa Chaling, Kalimpong, India. (Photograph by Richard Ravensdale. 1978. Enquiries to Alan Hutchinson Library, 37 Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3PP 637-9830); 6: Tharpa Choaling Gompa. Kalimpong, India (Richard Ravensdale 1978); 7: Kalash children in Bumboret, Chitral by Stephen I Halliday [inscribed on verso - '...the recordings made in about a fortnight with notes on location &...etc which I hope it will interest Miss Jenkins and you to...yours sincerely. H A Wilkins]
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Splitting cane for baskets
Black and white negative of people bathing in shallow water with large tree in foreground
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Black and white negative close-up of intricately carved/painted rock sitting among boulders
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