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Title
Sikang woman, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, ca.1940
Creator
Unidentified
Date Created and/or Issued
1930/1940
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Rights Information
Divinity.Library@yale.edu
Yale University Divinity School Library, 409 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT 06511
Yale University. Divinity School. Day Missions Library
http://web.library.yale.edu/divinity/copyright-and-permissions
Description
"Glimpses of the tribes of Sikang from whence most of our 'border students' come." "A woman of a well-to-do family in Sikang." The woman wears traditional dress, including an elaborate headdress and jewelry, and poses in front of a backdrop.
Type
image
Format
photographic prints, 8.7 x 5.7 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m9708 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-YDS-RG011-418-5888-5731
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m9708
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-YDS-RG011-418-5888-5731.jpg
Subject
Indigenous populations
West China Union University
Portraits
Time Period
1930/1940
Place
Asia
China
Szechwan
Source
YDS/RG011/418/5888/5731 [File]
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs from the Yale Divinity School Library, New Haven, Connecticut, ca.1880-1950
United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia
Yale Divinity Library Special Collections
impa-m980

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