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Dismantled yurts being moved on cows
Dismantled yurts being moved on cows
Object Number 2010.5.35352
Display Title Dismantled yurts being moved on cows
Descriptions
Keywords
  • Dwelling
  • People and Family
  • Land Transport
Subject
  • Woman
  • Yurt
  • Landscape
  • Cow
  • Horse
  • riding
Department Photographic
Date 1927
Artist Owen Lattimore
Culture
  • Kazak
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / China / Xinjiang
Asia / Chinese Turkestan / Sinkiang
Additional Geographic Terms Yining, near; Kulja, near; Gulja
Materials Negative, nitrate
Dimensions Overall: 7.62 x 10.16 cm (3 x 4 in.)

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