IDNO

DG.121886.OLT

Description

Chanto (Uighur): needle hung by eye; method of improving eyesight according to O.L.'s comment on tape transcript; photo shows a man with several others standing in background; needle from eye visible

Place

E Asia; C Asia; China; Xinjiang; Uyghur [Sinkiang]

Cultural Affliation

Uighur; Chanto

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]