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Object Number 35-10-60/16290.1.55
Display Title Gun
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "35-10 / China Gansu / Tibet [crossed out] / Gift of Harrison Forman / The Explorers Club / New York City / A gun made by a Chinese / gunsmith on the Chino- / Tibetan border"
Department Photographic
Date 1885-1934
Artist Mr. Harrison Forman
Culture
  • Tibetan
  • Chinese
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / China / Gansu
Asia / Tibet
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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Gun
35-10-60/16290.1.53 Gun
Gansu
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Man standing in monastery marketplace
35-10-60/16290.1.46 Man standing in monastery marketplace
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Yak butter lamp
35-10-60/16290.1.57 Yak butter lamp
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Woman churning butter
35-10-60/16290.1.58 Woman churning butter
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Tibet
Woman with hairpiece, view from behind
35-10-60/16290.1.3 Woman with hairpiece, view from behind
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Woman with hairpiece, side view
35-10-60/16290.1.2 Woman with hairpiece, side view
Tibet
Woman with long braid and children in street
35-10-60/16290.1.1 Woman with long braid and children in street
Tibet
Woman with hairpiece and children in background
35-10-60/16290.1.4 Woman with hairpiece and children in background
Tibet
Horn snuff box
35-10-60/16290.1.44 Horn snuff box
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35-10-60/16290.1.52 Yak
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Gansu
Yak
35-10-60/16290.1.54 Yak
Tibet
Gansu