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Object Number 56-55-60/15865.1.72
Display Title Blacksmiths sitting and waiting for customers in Market Square
Descriptions
Transcribed Annotations Written on board: "Mongolia / (Alashan - Wang Yeh Fu) / Gift of Frederick R. Wulsin / 1927 / (verso) 1309-Photo by Frederick R. Wulsin / Negative #26365-A / Mongolia - Alashan - Wang Yeh Fu / "Market Square", Wang Yeh Fu, showing / a group of blacksmiths waiting for / customers. Mongolia. / "Wang Yeh Fu, a native capital in / Southwestern Mongolia". / COS April. 1924 / Rec'd Feb 25 1924"
Department Photographic
Date 1923
Artist Frederick R. Wulsin
Culture
  • Mongolian
  • Chinese
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / China / Inner Mongolia / Alxa League / Alxa Left Banner / Wang Yeh Fu
Dimensions Overall: 17.78 × 22.86 cm (7 × 9 in.)
Provenance
Donor Donated by Frederick R. Wulsin

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56-55-60/15865.1.79 Two tinsmiths crouched down at work
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