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Yurt
Object Number 2010.5.37443
Display Title Yurt
Descriptions
Object Description Yurt. Man in foreground. Two donkeys standing by yurt behind. Mountains behind them
Keywords
  • Dwelling
  • Land Transport
  • Geography
  • People and Family
  • Ethnographic
Subject
  • Yurt
  • Man
  • donkey
Department Photographic
Date 1927
Artist Owen Lattimore
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / China / Xin Lsin
Additional Geographic Terms Yining, near; Tekes River, near; Kulja Guljn, near
Materials Negative, nitrate
Dimensions Overall: 3.81 x 6.35 cm (1 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.)

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