Sorceror taking snuff

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Object Number 35-10-60/16290.1.60

Display Title Sorceror taking snuff

Descriptions

Object Description Written on board: "35-10 / Gansu / Tibet [crossed out] / Gift of Harrison Forman / The Explorers Club / New York City / A Nuckhwa (sorcerer) Note / long hair. He is snuffing Chinese snuff."

Department Photographic

Date 1885-1934

Artist Mr. Harrison Forman

Culture

Tibetan
Chinese

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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Object Number	Title	Geography/Provenience
35-10-60/16290.1.61	Bon priest / sorceror	Gansu Tibet
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35-10-60/16290.1.62	Ceremonial pointed hat	Gansu Tibet
35-10-60/16290.1.46	Man standing in monastery marketplace	Gansu Tibet
35-10-60/16290.1.55	Gun	Gansu Tibet
35-10-60/16290.1.52	Yak	Gansu Tibet
35-10-60/16290.1.54	Yak	Gansu Tibet
35-10-60/16290.1.47	Two young boys carrying wooden buckets, one with a carrying pole	Tibet Gansu
35-10-60/16290.1.57	Yak butter lamp	Tibet Gansu
35-10-60/16290.1.56	Yak butter in a sheep stomach	Tibet Gansu
35-10-60/16290.1.59	Silver teapot	Gansu Tibet

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