IDNO

DG.121542.OLT

Description

Fields, cattle grazing, Aug., [August?] top of Han-nor

Place

E Asia; China; ?Hebei Province [Han-nor Pass]

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Lattimore, Owen

Collector / Expedition

Date

circa 1928 - 1938

Collection Name

Owen Lattimore Collection

Source

Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Harvard College, Massachusetts

Format

Digital File

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Biographical Information: Owen Lattimore (1900-1989) leading American Expert on Mongolia and Central Asia. Lattimore traveled extensively in Central Asia and wrote numerous books about the people of the region. He was for many years Professor of Chinese Studies at Leeds. [Source: Obituary: Owen Lattimore (1900-1989), by George McT. Kahin The Journal of Asian Studies © 1989 Association of Asian Studies, JD 3/3/2013]

Source: Owen Lattimore bequeathed his original photographic collection to the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Harvard University, Massachusetts, along with Intellectual Property Rights. As part of the bequest, a set of digital copies, “together with a non-exclusive license to use them for educational and scholarly purposes” was provided to the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. [JD 3/3/2013]