IDNO

DG.121642.OLT

Description

The great dunes: obo; obos are large markers built up by Qirzaks, Mongols, Tibetans and all the folk of the inner lands of Asia, set up in all memorable places and on peaks, passes, the junction of boundaries and holy ground from Lattimore's 'High Tatary' pp 288-289; 2 men standing by

Place

E Asia; C Asia; ?China; ?Kazakhstan; ?Mongolia

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

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]