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Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Names:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Collection Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Extent:
1 Glass negative (b&w, 13 cm. x 18 cm.)
Type:
Archival materials
Glass negatives
Place:
Asia
Iran
Sīstān va Balūchistān (Iran)
Iran -- Sistan and Baluchestan -- Kuh-e Khwaja
Date:
1925-1929
Scope and Contents:
Handwritten notes on related blueprint reads, "Kūh i Khwāja, town, from beach; East castle on top)."
Additional information from Finding Aid reads, "Subseries 4.7: Photo File 7 (2 vols.) "Sasanian Architecture," Subseries 4.7.1: Vol.1, Image No. 183 (Negative Number: 2058). Kūh-i Khwāja. Town from beach. E fort on top."
Arrangement:
Glass Negatives, numbered from 1 to 3850, are housed in document boxes, and stored on shelves.
Local Numbers:
FSA A.6 04.GN.2058
General:
Title is provided by FSg Archives staff based on Joseph Upton's Finding Aid and Trudy S. Kawami, Lawrence Becker and Robert Koestler's publication, "Kuh-e Khwaja, Iran, and Its Wall Paintings: The Records of Ernst Herzfeld. Metropolitan Museum Journal, Vol. 22, (1987)."
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Glass negatives related primarly to a visit and a campaign of excavation at Kuh-e Khwaja (Iran), carried out by Ernst Herzfeld in February 1925 as well as in February/March 1929.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.
Topic:
Ancient Near Eastern Art  Search this
Architecture  Search this
Excavations (Archaeology)  Search this
Genre/Form:
Glass negatives
Collection Citation:
Ernst Herzfeld Papers. FSA.A.06. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Ernst Herzfeld, 1946.
Identifier:
FSA.A.06, Item FSA A.6 04.GN.2058
See more items in:
Ernst Herzfeld Papers
Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Series 4: Photographic Files
Archival Repository:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc3df6a37ec-56ec-4330-81cf-995bbd6dad6b
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-fsa-a-06-ref27540