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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 1042 Level [40] File

11. Photo 1042(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1042(11)
Title:
The Pagoda of Pan Chao, Kashgar. Photographer: Sykes, Percy Molesworth
Scope & Content:
'Perhaps the earliest mention of Kie-sha, as was then called, was when the famous Chinese general Pan Chao in the first century of our era conquered the oasis and marched his armies almost as far as the Caspian. Accordingly we made our first expedition to the picturesque temple erected by the Ch...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Apr 1915-Nov 1915
Extent:
1 item

12. Photo 1042(12)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1042(12)
Title:
The City of Kashgar. Photographer: Sykes, Percy Molesworth
Scope & Content:
General view with city wall in foreground and Tuman Chu (river) beyond. Reproduced in Ella and Percy Sykes, Through Deserts and Oases of Central Asia (London: 1920), p. 68.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Apr 1915-Nov 1915
Extent:
1 item

13. Photo 1042(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1042(13)
Title:
Throwing mud at a shrine as a cure for skin disease [Kashgar]. Photographer: Sykes, Percy Molesworth
Scope & Content:
Woman throwing mud at wall. Reproduced in Ella and Percy Sykes, Through Deserts and Oases of Central Asia (London: 1920), p. 320: 'Finally, there are certain shrines famous for the cure of specific diseases. For skin disease a shrine known as the Sigm is much frequented. There mud is taken from ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Apr 1915-Nov 1915
Extent:
1 item

14. Photo 1042(14)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1042(14)
Title:
Sir George Macartney and Chinese officials, Kashgar. Photographer: Sykes, Percy Molesworth
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Apr 1915-Nov 1915
Extent:
1 item

15. Photo 1042(15)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1042(15)
Title:
K.B. Mullah Sahib, British Aksakal, Yarkand. Photographer: Sykes, Percy Molesworth
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Apr 1915-Nov 1915
Extent:
1 item

16. Photo 1042(16)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1042(16)
Title:
The Begs of Yarkand. Photographer: Sykes, Percy Molesworth
Scope & Content:
Group portrait of officials
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Apr 1915-Nov 1915
Extent:
1 item

17. Photo 1042(17)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1042(17)
Title:
Yarkand musicians. Photographer: Sykes, Percy Molesworth
Scope & Content:
Group of musicians, posed with drums, trumpets and horns.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Apr 1915-Nov 1915
Extent:
1 item

18. Photo 1042(18)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1042(18)
Title:
A ferry on the Yarkand River. Photographer: Sykes, Percy Molesworth
Scope & Content:
Long, punt-shaped wooden ferry being poled across the river, with a two-wheeled carriage on the stern.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Apr 1915-Nov 1915
Extent:
1 item

19. Photo 1042(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1042(19)
Title:
The Amban of Kargalik. Photographer: Sykes, Percy Molesworth
Scope & Content:
Full-length seated portrait of the Chinese official
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Apr 1915-Nov 1915
Extent:
1 item

20. Photo 1042(20)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1042(20)
Title:
The celebrated 'Pigeon Shrine' near Khotan. Photographer: Sykes, Percy Molesworth
Scope & Content:
The guardian of the shrine and his daughter standing in front of the building whose roofline is crowded with pigeons. Reproduced in Ella and Percy Sykes, Through Deserts and Oases of Central Asia (London: 1920), p. 206: 'Below its crest stood a couple of wooden posts, signifying that we had reac...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Apr 1915-Nov 1915
Extent:
1 item