Loading up in the Pamirs. Photographer: Sykes, Percy Molesworth
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Photograph taken in a Kirghiz encampment, against a background of mountains. In the foreground a yak is being loaded with baggage. Reproduced in Ella and Percy Sykes, Through Deserts and Oases of Central Asia (London: 1920), p. 124.
Bringing in an Ovis Poli. Photographer: Sykes, Percy Molesworth
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Two men mounted on yaks. The yak on the left carries the skull of a wild mountain sheep. The figure on the right, with rifle, is Nadir, a huntsman employed by Percy Sykes. Reproduced in Ella and Percy Sykes, Through Deserts and Oases of Central Asia (London: 1920), p. 146.
Hunting dogs in the Pamirs. Photographer: Sykes, Percy Molesworth
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Kirghiz man standing with two hunting dogs on leashes. Reproduced in Ella and Percy Sykes, Through Deserts and Oases of Central Asia (London: 1920), p. 330.
Group of dancers (men and youths) posed in the open air. Reproduced in Ella and Percy Sykes, Through Deserts and Oases of Central Asia (London: 1920), p. 158: 'The Sarikolis are very fond of music and dancing, and a troupe of youths led by a man who banged the drum in masterly fashion performed ...