IDNO

DG.122786.OLT

Description

A Hajji at prayer on the roof of the world, although the Turkis are a quiet, docile, home-loving people, yet members of them make the sacred pilgrimage to Mecca, a journey which usually take more than two years, frequently they suffer incredible hardships in crossing the high passes of the Karakorum route without tents or adequate equipment (from print); Haji at prayer on the Depsang Plain - Karakorum (off print two)

Place

E Asia; C Asia; ?China; ?India; Xinjiang; Jammu and Kashmir; Depsang Plains

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]