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Object Number 2010.5.35113
Display Title Small obo of sods built to mock a spring
Descriptions
Object Description Mongolia. 1926. Tape B1 & 2
Keywords
  • Geography
  • Ceremony
  • Ritual
Subject
  • sod
  • Obo
  • Spring
  • Fake
  • Mock
Department Photographic
Date 1926
Artist Owen Lattimore
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / China / Inner Mongolia
Additional Geographic Terms Ejin Qi: Ongt gol, near; Estina: Kuai-tze hu, near
Dimensions Overall: 7.62 x 10.16 cm (3 x 4 in.)

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