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Object Number 2010.5.35092
Display Title Great dunes, obo
Descriptions
Object Description Mongolia. 1926. Tape B1 & 2
Keywords
  • Ceremony
  • Occupation
  • Household
  • Ritual
Subject
  • Obo
  • Bucket
  • Dune
  • Caravaneer
  • Marker
  • Water
Department Photographic
Date 1926
Artist Owen Lattimore
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / China / Inner Mongolia
Additional Geographic Terms The great dunes
Dimensions Overall: 7.62 x 10.16 cm (3 x 4 in.)

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