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Collection Creator:
Mowry, Eli, 1880-1970  Search this
Container:
Box 1, Folder 1
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Photographic prints
Black-and-white photographic prints
Place:
Korea
Pyongyang (Korea)
Scope and Contents:
Women seated in a field with drums and ritual items. Caption on the back reads, "Woman worshipping spirits in a grave, by beating drums, ringing bells, etc. A table of food is offered to the spirits."
평양
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.
Topic:
Shamanism  Search this
Rites and ceremonies  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographic prints
Black-and-white photographic prints -- Silver gelatin -- 1900-1950
Collection Citation:
Mowry Family Photographs of Korea, FSA.A2010.04. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Miriam Stein, 2010.
Identifier:
FSA.A2010.04, Item FSA_A2010.04_021
See more items in:
Mowry Family Photographs
Mowry Family Photographs / Photographs: 001-041
Archival Repository:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc340038666-850d-4bea-bc87-d8d36e54156b
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-fsa-a2010-04-ref91