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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
Additional Geographic Terms Aksu: near Muzat Bingchaun; Aqsu: near Muzart Glacier
Dimensions Overall: 7.62 x 10.16 cm (3 x 4 in.)

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