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"An Uzbek migrant workers pastes plaster in to the cracks of a mausoleum. When the Koshkar-Ata cemetery was first established, mausoleums were reserved for local saints. Today the most splendid tombs honor local oil barons. Koshkar-Ata, Kazakhstan, 2010"
"An Uzbek migrant workers pastes plaster in to the cracks of a mausoleum. When the Koshkar-Ata cemetery was first established, mausoleums were reserved for local saints. Today the most splendid tombs honor local oil barons. Koshkar-Ata, Kazakhstan, 2010"
Object Number 2019.5.1.18
Display Title "An Uzbek migrant workers pastes plaster in to the cracks of a mausoleum. When the Koshkar-Ata cemetery was first established, mausoleums were reserved for local saints. Today the most splendid tombs honor local oil barons. Koshkar-Ata, Kazakhstan, 2010"
Descriptions
Classification
  • Photographic
Department Photographic
Date 2010
Artist Chloe Dewe Mathews (2010)
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Kazakhstan
Materials Digital
Quantity 1
Credit Line Robert Gardner Fellow

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"In a cemetery on the Caspian coast, Uzbek migrant workers build elaborate mausoleums for the new, oil-rich middle class. Koshkar-Ata, Kazakhstan, 2010"
2019.5.1.17 "In a cemetery on the Caspian coast, Uzbek migrant workers build elaborate mausoleums for the new, oil-rich middle class. Koshkar-Ata, Kazakhstan, 2010"
Photographic
Kazakhstan
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2019.5.2.17 "In a cemetery on the Caspian coast, Uzbek migrant workers build elaborate mausoleums for the new, oil-rich middle class. Koshkar-Ata, Kazakhstan, 2010"
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Kazakhstan
"Oil rig and 'nodding donkey' (oil pumping jack) engraved into the side of a mausoleum to commemorate a man who made his fortune in the Caspian oil industry. Koshkar-Ata, Kazakhstan, 2010"
2019.5.1.20 "Oil rig and 'nodding donkey' (oil pumping jack) engraved into the side of a mausoleum to commemorate a man who made his fortune in the Caspian oil industry. Koshkar-Ata, Kazakhstan, 2010"
Photographic
Kazakhstan
"Koshkar-Ata, the City of the Dead. Koshkar-Ata, Kazakhstan, 2010"
2019.5.1.19 "Koshkar-Ata, the City of the Dead. Koshkar-Ata, Kazakhstan, 2010"
Photographic
Kazakhstan
Image Not Available for “During summer, ten Uzbek men work from dawn till dusk and sleep on open-air pallets inside the necropolis, rarely leaving the site. Koshkar-Ata, Kazakhstan, 2010”
2019.5.2.18 “During summer, ten Uzbek men work from dawn till dusk and sleep on open-air pallets inside the necropolis, rarely leaving the site. Koshkar-Ata, Kazakhstan, 2010”
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Kazakhstan
"Two sisters run down to the remote underground mosque at Beket-Ata. They traveled six hours from Aktau, accompanying their family on a pilgrimage to pray for their uncle's recovery. Mangystau Region, Kazakhstan, 2010"
2019.5.1.22 "Two sisters run down to the remote underground mosque at Beket-Ata. They traveled six hours from Aktau, accompanying their family on a pilgrimage to pray for their uncle's recovery. Mangystau Region, Kazakhstan, 2010"
Photographic
Mangystau Region
Image Not Available for "Two sisters descend to the remote underground mosque at Beket-Ata on a pilgrimage to pray for their uncle's recovery. Mangystau Region, Kazakhstan, 2010"
2019.5.2.22 "Two sisters descend to the remote underground mosque at Beket-Ata on a pilgrimage to pray for their uncle's recovery. Mangystau Region, Kazakhstan, 2010"
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Mangystau Region
"Changing rooms at Kow-Ata, the 'Father of Caves.' This sulfur lake lies sixty meters underground and is known for its warm healing waters. Kow-Ata, Turkmenistan, 2012"
2019.5.1.24 "Changing rooms at Kow-Ata, the 'Father of Caves.' This sulfur lake lies sixty meters underground and is known for its warm healing waters. Kow-Ata, Turkmenistan, 2012"
Photographic
Turkmenistan
"In the oil boomtown of Aktau, a woman looks out to sea. Aktau, Kazakhstan, 2010"
2019.5.1.50 "In the oil boomtown of Aktau, a woman looks out to sea. Aktau, Kazakhstan, 2010"
Photographic
Aktau
"Bathers at the Ishker hot springs. The walls around Ramsar's numerous medicinal baths were built with local stone, and the healing benefit of the water is sometimes attributed to this radioactive building material. Ramsar, Iran, 2015"
2019.5.1.33 "Bathers at the Ishker hot springs. The walls around Ramsar's numerous medicinal baths were built with local stone, and the healing benefit of the water is sometimes attributed to this radioactive building material. Ramsar, Iran, 2015"
Photographic
Ramsar
"At a beach cafe, Azerbaijani soldiers question a local man. Lankaran, Azerbaijan, 2010"
2019.5.1.49 "At a beach cafe, Azerbaijani soldiers question a local man. Lankaran, Azerbaijan, 2010"
Photographic
Lankaran
"The 'Door to Hell'. In 1971, Soviet geologists were drilling in the Turkmen desert when the land gave way beneath them, leaving a seventy-meter-wide, noxious gas-emitting crater. They ignited the gas to try to burn off the excess, but the crater has been ablaze ever since. Darvaza, Turkmenistan, 2012"
2019.5.1.21 "The 'Door to Hell'. In 1971, Soviet geologists were drilling in the Turkmen desert when the land gave way beneath them, leaving a seventy-meter-wide, noxious gas-emitting crater. They ignited the gas to try to burn off the excess, but the crater has been ablaze ever since. Darvaza, Turkmenistan, 2012"
Photographic
Darvaza