Picture of the nails (used as a hook for strings) on the wall
Slide showing the process of silk string manufacture by Rihzhon Khojakhanov and his family
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Photograph of the construction site of the Horniman Museum's West Hall part-built with workmen in the background, 1933
object | ARC/HMG/PH/BD/003/003
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Slide of the Red Sect, Gong Xia Monastery, Qinghai
object | ARC/BAL/002/002/004
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Receipt
object | ARC/HMG/CM/009/001/F38/242
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Winnowing rice near Bida
object | ARC/HMG/RS/STANFIELD/546/002
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