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Chinese mummers dance on stilts in inn courtyard
Chinese mummers dance on stilts in inn courtyard
Object Number 56-55-60/15865.1.40
Display Title Chinese mummers dance on stilts in inn courtyard
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "China / (Shansi) / (Paotow) / Gift of Frederick R. Wulsin / 1927 / (verso) 1005-Photo by Frederick R. Wulsin / Negative #26106-A / China - Shansi (crossed out) Inner Mongolia - Paotow (crossed out) Baotou / Chinese mummers dancing on stilts 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 / North Shansi / <County> / Paotow
Asia / China / Mongolia
Additional Geographic Terms Wang Yeh Fu, Southwestern Mongolia
Materials Print, black and white adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 12.065 × 9.2075 cm (4 3/4 × 3 5/8 in.)
Provenance
Donor Donated by Frederick R. Wulsin

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