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Woman with cover over head holding water pipe
Woman with cover over head holding water pipe
Object Number 2010.5.37451
Display Title Woman with cover over head holding water pipe
Descriptions
Object Description Woman with cover over head holding water pipe. Man and two women behind her.
Keywords
  • Ethnographic
  • Smoking and Stimulant
Subject
  • Water
  • Woman
  • Man
  • Wall
  • Pipe
  • Structure
Department Photographic
Date 1927
Artist Owen Lattimore
Culture
  • Uighur
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / China / Xin Lsin
Additional Geographic Terms Aksu; Aqsu
Materials Negative, nitrate
Dimensions Overall: 3.81 x 6.35 cm (1 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.)

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