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Object Number
2010.5.35414
Display Title
Obos or rotive cairns at the lower end of the glacier
Descriptions
Keywords
- Geography
Subject
- Cairn
- Glacier
- Cement
- Obo
- Rock
- Terrain
- Mountain
- Expedition
Department
Photographic
Date
1927
Artist
Owen Lattimore
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia
/
Chinese Turkestan
/
Sinkiang
Asia / China / Xinjiang
Asia / China / Xinjiang
Additional Geographic Terms
Aksu: near Muzat Bingchaun; Aqsu: near Muzart Glacier
Materials
Negative, nitrate
Dimensions
Overall: 7.62 x 10.16 cm (3 x 4 in.)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 56-55-60/15865.1.117 | Obos erected by Mongols on hilltop north of Wang Yeh Fu |
Alashan
| ||
| 2010.5.35406 | Lower end of large glacier |
Sinkiang
Xinjiang | ||
| 2010.5.35092 | Great dunes, obo |
Inner Mongolia
| ||
| 2011.17.2.2.5.14 | Tomb cairns southwest of Site 106 |
La Libertad Region
| ||
| 2004.24.25322 | Native Huts near Cairns |
Australia
| ||
|
Image Not Available
for Plan of Cairns
| 2015.6.2.270 | Plan of Cairns |
Saudi Arabia
| ||
| 2004.24.31631 | Great obo north of Wang Yeh Fu, Mongolia |
Mongolia
| ||
| 56-55-60/15865.1.221 | Great obo built by Mongols on a hilltop |
Alashan
| ||
| 56-55-60/15865.1.220 | Great obo built by Mongols on a hilltop |
Alashan
| ||
| 56-55-60/15865.1.222 | Great obo built by Mongols on a hilltop |
Alashan
| ||
| 2010.5.35113 | Small obo of sods built to mock a spring |
Inner Mongolia
| ||
| 2010.5.35578 | Obo of stones with three loaded horses and two men standing |
Sinkiang
Xinjiang |