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Object Number 56-55-60/15865.1.44
Display Title Chinese mummers exiting on stilts through narrow inn doorway
Descriptions
Transcribed Annotations Written on board: "China / (Shansi - Paotow) / Gift of Frederick R. Wulsin / 1927 / (verso) 1009-Photo by Frederick R. Wulsin / Negative #26110-A / China - Shansi (crossed out) Inner Mongolia - Paotow (crossed out) Baotou / Chinese mummer dancers making their exit / on stilts through the narrow inn doorway / 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 / Inner Mongolia / Alxa League / Alxa Left Banner / Wang Yeh Fu
Dimensions Overall: 17.78 × 23.1775 cm (7 × 9 1/8 in.)
Provenance
Donor Donated by Frederick R. Wulsin

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56-55-60/15865.1.43 Chinese mummers dancing on stilts and singing in inn courtyard
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56-55-60/15865.1.39 Group watching Chinese mummers dance in inn courtyard
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