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Object Number
56-55-60/15865.1.44
Display Title
Chinese mummers exiting on stilts through narrow inn doorway
Descriptions
Object Description
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
/
Mongolia
Asia / China / North Shansi / <County> / Paotow
Asia / China / North Shansi / <County> / Paotow
Additional Geographic Terms
Wang Yeh Fu, Southwestern Mongolia
Dimensions
Overall: 17.78 × 23.1775 cm (7 × 9 1/8 in.)
Provenance
Donor
Donated by
Frederick R. Wulsin
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