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Ruined city, Old Turfan
Object Number 2010.5.35207
Display Title Ruined city, Old Turfan
Descriptions
Keywords
  • Public Structure
  • Urban Center
Subject
  • City
  • Mosque
  • Minaret
  • Ruin
Department Photographic
Date 1927
Artist Owen Lattimore
Culture
  • Uighur
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / China / Xinjiang
Asia / Chinese Turkestan / Sinkiang
Additional Geographic Terms Turpan, near; Turfan, near
Materials Negative, black and white
Dimensions Overall: 3.5 cm (1 3/8 in.)

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