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Object Number
35-10-60/16290.1.6
Display Title
Child
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: "35-10 / Gansu / China / Card A / Arabic, not Chinese, is studied in the schools / See opposite side of card / Gift of Harrison Forman / The Explorers Club / New York City" Verso: "Moslems -- 10,000,000 of them in northwest / China. Turkish and Arabian tribes which mig- / rated to China more than a thousand years ago. / Note the carry-over of the veil. But being / practical the "veil" has an oval cut out for / the face. In speech and dress the men are / Chinese. Arabic and not Chinese is taught in / the schools. The white turban is the sign of / an AHUNG -- a Moslem priest. Even the young- / ster neophyte wears a white turban. / Chinese Moslems from Kansu / Most of these pictures were secured with the / Angular View Finder on the Leica camera -- / permitting pictures to be taken at right angles (continued under remarks)
Department
Photographic
Date
1885-1934
Artist
Mr. Harrison Forman
Culture
- Chinese
- Turkish
- Muslim
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia
/
China
/
Gansu
Dimensions
Overall: 13.97 × 7.62 cm (5 1/2 × 3 in.)
Provenance
Donor
Donated by
Mr. Harrison Forman
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35-10-60/16290.1.5 | Children on street |
Gansu
| ||
| 35-10-60/16290.1.7 | Three boys |
Gansu
| ||
| 35-10-60/16290.1.8 | Boy with coins |
Gansu
| ||
| 35-10-60/16290.1.3 | Woman with hairpiece, view from behind |
Tibet
| ||
| 35-10-60/16290.1.2 | Woman with hairpiece, side view |
Tibet
| ||
| 35-10-60/16290.1.1 | Woman with long braid and children in street |
Tibet
| ||
| 35-10-60/16290.1.4 | Woman with hairpiece and children in background |
Tibet
| ||
| 35-10-60/16290.1.16 | Trader |
Gansu
| ||
| 998-14-00/1.1.255 | Crowd on main street of village, those in fez hats and whote robes are Muslims from further north |
Belgian Congo
Bangui | ||
| 998-14-00/1.1.254 | Crowd on main street of village, those in fez hats and whote robes are Muslims from further north |
Bangui
Belgian Congo | ||
| 27-64-60/D3143 | Doll illustrating costume of Ladakhi man |
Figurine
|
Ladakh
| |
| 53-14-50/9653 | Men's veils, worn by men as combination turban and veil |
Veil
|
Algeria
|