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Two heavily loaded yaks descending very steep mountainside
Two heavily loaded yaks descending very steep mountainside
Object Number 2010.5.35487
Display Title Two heavily loaded yaks descending very steep mountainside
Descriptions
Keywords
  • Occupation
  • Land Transport
  • Geography
Subject
  • Pass
  • Animal
  • Mountain
  • Loaded
  • Caravaneer
  • Transportation
  • Yak
  • Rock
Department Photographic
Date 1927
Artist Owen Lattimore
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Chinese Turkestan / Sinkiang
Asia / China / Xinjiang
Additional Geographic Terms Sanju; Kashi, 350 km S of; Kashgar
Materials Negative, nitrate
Dimensions Overall: 3.81 x 6.35 cm (1 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.)

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