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Man combing goat holding comb full of wool
Man combing goat holding comb full of wool
Object Number 2010.5.35865
Display Title Man combing goat holding comb full of wool
Descriptions
Keywords
  • Occupation
  • Ethnographic
  • Dwelling
  • Animal Husbandry
Subject
  • Combing
  • Man
  • Herd
  • Goat
  • Tent
  • wool
Department Photographic
Date 1932
Artist Owen Lattimore
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / China / Inner Mongolia
Additional Geographic Terms Aibakh-in Gol
Materials Negative, nitrate
Dimensions Overall: 3.81 x 6.35 cm (1 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.)

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