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Title
Moslem woman and child with head coverings, Gansu, China, 1936
Creator
Pickens, Claude L
Date Created and/or Issued
1936
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
The Moslem veil in China, such is seen throughout the Northwest
Kansu, tsinghai and Ningsia. The neck and head are covered but the face is left exposed. Brides wear green veils and sometimes cover their faces. Such head coverings are not seen in the coastal provinces.
Type
image
Format
photographic prints, 11.5 x 8 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m2987 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-YDS-RG008-333-0001-0019
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m2987
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-YDS-RG008-333-0001-0019.jpg
Subject
Moslems
Customs and traditions
Group portraits
Time Period
1936
Place
China
Kansu
Source
YDS/RG008/333/0001/0019 [File]
Relation
Claude L. Pickens, Jr. Papers; China Records Project Miscellaneous Personal Papers Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs from the Yale Divinity School Library, New Haven, Connecticut, ca.1880-1950
Yale Divinity Library Special Collections
impa-m980

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