1. 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