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One hundred elephants in a bean
MacLean, Kevin, 2010, Digital image
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One hundred elephants in a bean
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One hundred elephants in a bean
Description
Eleven miniature white elephants have been lined up in front of a red bean and placed beside a pin to demonstrate their size. There is a metallic container in the background with its lid half open.
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MacLean, Kevin
Date
2010
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Digital image
This item was digitised as part of the Whose Town? project, an educational resource for schools. Unique archival material was gathered together to create a snapshot of a person's life at a particular point in Edinburgh's history.
One object Bachan Kharbanda used to sell in his Eastern Crafts shop on the Canongate was a special bean with, it was claimed, one hundred elephants inside.
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