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Man leading caravan with obo in distance
Man leading caravan with obo in distance
Object Number 2010.5.36139
Display Title Man leading caravan with obo in distance
Descriptions
Keywords
  • Ethnographic
  • Land Transport
  • Ritual
  • Ceremony
Subject
  • Man
  • Obo
  • Cart
  • Caravan
Department Photographic
Date 1935
Artist Owen Lattimore
Culture
  • Mongolian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / China / Inner Mongolia
Additional Geographic Terms Onggon Daba
Materials Negative, nitrate
Dimensions Overall: 3.81 x 6.35 cm (1 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.)

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