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Object Number
56-55-60/15865.1.106
Display Title
Market Square containing large prayer wheel
Descriptions
Transcribed Annotations
Written on board: "Mongolia / (Alashan - Wang Yeh Fu) / Gift of Frederick R. Wulsin / 1927 / (verso) 1209-Photo by Frederick R. Wulsin / Negative #26265-A / China / Inner / Mongolia - Alashan - Wang Yeh Fu / Small Chinese house, "Market Square" which / contains a large prayer wheel turned daily / by the devout. Note on left, figure of a / Tangut from the country west of Lake Kokonor, / Mongolia. Wang Yeh Fu, / "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
- Mongolian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia
/
China
/
Inner Mongolia
/
Alxa League
/
Alxa Left Banner
/
Wang Yeh Fu
Dimensions
Overall: 18.415 × 22.86 cm (7 1/4 × 9 in.)
Provenance
Donor
Donated by
Frederick R. Wulsin
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