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Boy carrying backet of argols
Object Number 35-10-60/16290.1.23
Display Title Boy carrying backet of argols
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "35-10 / Gansu / Tibet / Gift of Harrison Forman, The Explorers Club / New York City / A Young Tibetan lad with a / basket of ARGOLS - "Argols" are dried / dung paddles (From the yak) which / are used as fuel in central and / Northern Tibet where the altitudes / being over 12,000 feet above sea- / level wood is very scarce."
Department Photographic
Date 1885-1934
Artist Mr. Harrison Forman
Culture
  • Tibetan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / China / Gansu
Asia / Tibet
Materials Print, black and white adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 13.97 × 9.525 cm (5 1/2 × 3 3/4 in.)
Provenance
Donor Donated by Mr. Harrison Forman

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