IDNO

DG.122736.OLT

Description

Loading great chest into tent on cart; small crowd of people in front of two yurts, chest, one yurt appears to be on a cart; As far as I know, this is the only photograph of the 'coffin' of Genghis Khan, shrouded under a cloth, it is being lifted into the tent of Genghis, which has been mounted on its cart, in background, with banners, the tent of the bows and quivers (caption MJ)

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]