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Man of Ladakh, Little Tibet

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Man with a plait at the back of his head sits on a carpet, wearing a string of beads around his neck (prayer chain?). He carries a staff in his hand, behind him are bales of cloth

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Cataloguing data

Object type
Photography
Dimensions
Height: 16,5 cm
Width: 10,8 cm
Height: 16,5 cm
Width: 10,8 cm
Material/Technique
mounted on cardboard
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
VIII C 1771

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    1888
    where
    India
    Ladakh
    Punjab (Photo studio)
    who
    John Burke - Photographers
  • Collecting
    who
    Riebeck, Emil - Collectors
    Königliches Kunstgewerbe-Museum Berlin - Former Possessors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    South and Southeast Asia

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CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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