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1787.d.7, 2(8)
- Record Id:
- 040-003228278
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003228270
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100026867937.0x001143
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- 1787.d.7, 2(8)
- Title:
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A Pepohoan dwelling. Photographer: Thomson, John
- Scope & Content:
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Genre: Landscape Photography
View looking across the courtyard towards thatched buildings, with a couple posed in front of the house: 'In No. VIII the rear and right wing of one of these Pepohoan village dwellings are shown, the left wing being exactly a counterpart of that on the right. The plot of land thus enclosed is divided into two parts, the outer one, flanked with rough bamboo cattle-sheds, being employed for storing their simple farm implements, and for drying produce, while the inner one forms a raised clay platform for family use. On this space of hard level clay the most valuable produce is dried and prepared for the market ... The low, broad-leaved shrub growing against the house, above the two small baskets, is tobacco, and this they dry for smoking themselves...'
- Collection Area:
- Printed Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003228270
040-003228278 - Is part of:
- 1787.d.7, 2 : Illustrations of China and its people. A series of two hundred photographs, with letterpress descriptive of the places and…
1787.d.7, 2(8) : A Pepohoan dwelling. Photographer: Thomson, John - Hierarchy:
- 032-003228270[0008]/040-003228278
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: 1787.d.7, 2
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Techniques:
- Collotype
Photomechanical Print - Start Date:
- 1871
- End Date:
- 1871
- Date Range:
- 1871
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 230 mm x 294 mm
Format: Printed Book
Secondary Support: Paper
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Thomson, John
- Subjects:
- Architectural Types
Architecture
Dwellings
East Asian Ethnic Groups
Ethnic groups
Houses
Pepohoan
Settlements
Villages