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| Description | Former ref: AL 1954/15
Correspondence relating to the skeletal material transferred to the BM(NH) from the Oxford University Museums, including;
A skull from Merton College Oxford, relating Natural History Museum Specimin E.11.10/560
1 Letter from Rosemary Powers to D F Roberts, University Museum, Oxford relating to material collected by Lewis from Pre-Muslim graves, Somaliland
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