Glass photographic plates, prints and negatives depicting the Karamojong people of Uganda and other African peoples. Photographs taken during expeditions and archaeological digs through Africa and attributed to Edward James Wayland (circa 1925). According to annotations some of these images featured in issues of the Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute.
Edward James Wayland Collection
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Gabriel and Stephen eating corn cobs

Mahaica - St Cuthberts - boy with kite

Press Cutting: Mr Horniman's Museum - Pleasing Ceremony at Forest Hill Yesterday

Photograph of the Horniman Museum Library, circa 1913
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