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Object Number 56-55-60/15865.1.294
Display Title American missionaries talking to Tibetan women
Descriptions
Transcribed Annotations Written on board: China - Gansu / Labrang / Tibetan Border / Gift of Frederick R. Wulsin / 1927; Printed on label adhered to photograph (verso): "1449-Photo by Frederick R. Wulsin / Negative #26442-A / Tibet - Labrang [crossed out and replaced by China - Gansu] / Two American missionaries talking to / Tibetan women at Labrang. Note especially / the costumes of the women. 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 / Tibet / <State> / <County> / Labrang
Asia / China / Gansu
Dimensions Overall: 22.86 × 17.78 cm (9 × 7 in.)
Provenance
Donor Donated by Frederick R. Wulsin

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