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Object Number 56-55-60/15865.1.38
Display Title Dance of Chinese mummers in inn courtyard
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "China (Shansi - Paotow) / Gift of Frederick R. Wulsin / 1927 / (verso) 1004-Photo by Frederick R. Wulsin / Negative #26105-A / China - Shansi (crossed out) Inner Mongolia - Paotow (crossed out) Baotou / Dance of Chinese mummers in inn courtyard / at Paotow, a city in the northern part of / Shansi Province. China. / "Wang Yeh Fu, a native capital in / Southwestern Mongolia". / LMR April 1924 / Rec'd Feb 25 1924"
Department Photographic
Date 1923
Artist Frederick R. Wulsin
Culture
  • Chinese
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / China / Mongolia
Asia / China / North Shansi / <County> / Paotow
Additional Geographic Terms Wang Yeh Fu, Southwestern Mongolia
Dimensions Overall: 17.9388 × 23.0188 cm (7 1/16 × 9 1/16 in.)
Provenance
Donor Donated by Frederick R. Wulsin

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