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Object Number 35-10-60/16290.1.67
Display Title Prayer windmill on a nomad yak-hair tent
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: 35-10 / Tibet / Gift of Harrison Forman / The Explorers Club / New York City / A prayer windmill atop a / Nomad Yak-hair tent.
Department Photographic
Date 1885-1934
Artist Mr. Harrison Forman
Culture
  • Chinese
  • Tibetan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / China / Gansu
Asia / Tibet
Dimensions Overall: 13.97 × 10.16 cm (5 1/2 × 4 in.)
Provenance
Donor Donated by Mr. Harrison Forman

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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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Boy carrying backet of argols
35-10-60/16290.1.23 Boy carrying backet of argols
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Horn snuff box
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Women with braided hair
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