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Fortress wall and gate
Object Number 2010.5.35801
Display Title Fortress wall and gate
Descriptions
Object Description Fortress wall and gate, Sairam Nor (Sailimu Hu)
Keywords
  • Public Structure
  • Ethnographic
Subject
  • Fort
  • Gate
  • Wall
Department Photographic
Date 1927
Artist Owen Lattimore
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / China / Xinjiang
Asia / Chinese Turkestan / Sinkiang
Additional Geographic Terms Yining; Sailimu Hu, near; Kulja; Lake Sairam Nor, near; Talki pass
Materials Negative, nitrate
Dimensions Overall: 7.62 x 10.16 cm (3 x 4 in.)

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