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"A Zoroastrian bride poses for a photograph at the Tehran Fire Temple. Tehran, Iran, 2015"
"A Zoroastrian bride poses for a photograph at the Tehran Fire Temple. Tehran, Iran, 2015"
Object Number 2019.5.1.8
Display Title "A Zoroastrian bride poses for a photograph at the Tehran Fire Temple. Tehran, Iran, 2015"
Descriptions
Classification
  • Photographic
Department Photographic
Date 2015
Artist Chloe Dewe Mathews (2010)
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Iran / Tehran Province / <County> / Tehran
Materials Digital
Quantity 1
Credit Line Robert Gardner Fellow

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