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Object Number 2017.11.2.160
Display Title Barrels of human waste on horse-drawn cart
Descriptions
Object Description Written on photograph (verso): "Honey cart / Shiogama / 7-51 / a very common sight / & smell"
Department Photographic
Date July 1951
Artist Dr. George A. Butler
Culture
  • Japanese
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Japan / Miyagi
Additional Geographic Terms Shiogama
Dimensions Overall: 10.795 × 7.9375 cm (4 1/4 × 3 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Credit Line Gift of Alan Butler
Provenance
Donor Donated by Alan Butler (7/21/2017)

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