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Raisin drying tower
Object Number 2010.5.35212
Display Title Raisin drying tower
Descriptions
Object Description Raisin drying tower, Turfan
Keywords
  • Manufacture and General Utility
Subject
  • drying
  • Raisin
  • tower
Department Photographic
Date 1927
Artist Owen Lattimore
Culture
  • Uighur
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / China / Xinjiang
Asia / Chinese Turkestan / Sinkiang
Additional Geographic Terms Turpan; Turfan
Materials Negative, black and white
Dimensions Overall: 3.5 cm (1 3/8 in.)

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