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Title
Korean silversmith, Korea, ca. 1920-1940
Creator
Unknown
Date Created and/or Issued
1920/1940
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
Maryknoll Mission Archives
Maryknoll Mission Archives, P.O. Box 305, Maryknoll, N.Y. 10545-0305; http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/
archives@maryknoll.org ; http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/?page_id=1669
http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/?page_id=17
http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/?page_id=1917 ; Maryknoll Mission Archives.
Description
Photograph of a Korean "silver-smith" in his workshop. Sitting in front of a small furnace, he holds a piece of silver with pliers in his left hand, ready to strike it with the hammer in his right hand. On display in the forground are some finished bowls and figurines.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : b&w
10 x 14 cm
photographs
Identifier
impa-m57459 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-MKL-Korea-011-01-005
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m57459
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-MKL-Korea-011-01-005.jpg
Subject
Workers
Silversmiths
Metalworking
General views
Time Period
1920/1940
Place
Asia
Korea
Source
MKL/Korea/011/01/005 [File]
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Maryknoll Mission Archives
Photographs of the Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America, Maryknoll, New York, 1912-1945
impa-m338

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