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Object Number
56-55-60/15865.1.289
Display Title
Man sitting outside building turning prayer wheel
Descriptions
Transcribed Annotations
Written on board: "China - Gansu - Labrang / Tibetan Border / Gift of Frederick R. Wulsin. / 1927"; Printed on label adhered to photograph (verso): "1470-Photo by Frederick R. Wulsin / Negative #26463-A / Tibet - Labrang [crossed out and replaced by China - Gansu] / Tibetan man turning his personal prayer / wheel in the village of Labrang, Tibet. / "Labrang, a great Monastery on the / Northeast border of Tibet"."; Printed on photograph (verso): "COS April.1924 / Rec'd Feb 25 1924"; Written on photograph (verso): Tibet (Labrang) / Gift of Frederick R. Wulsin / 1927
Department
Photographic
Date
1923
Artist
Frederick R. Wulsin
Culture
- Chinese
- Tibetan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia
/
China
/
Gansu
Asia / Tibet / <State> / <County> / Labrang
Asia / Tibet / <State> / <County> / Labrang
Materials
Print, black and white Paperboard
Dimensions
Overall: 17.78 × 22.86 cm (7 × 9 in.)
Provenance
Donor
Donated by
Frederick R. Wulsin
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