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Title	Tibetan pilgrims circumambulating whirling prayer drums in Hebei province
Part of Set	Harrison Forman Collection - Tibet
Date of Photograph	1932-1933
Photographer's Note	Jehol chanting
Photographer	Forman, Harrison, 1904-1978
Description	'Old and young alike were in the ever-moving line, which Old Sherap told me encircled the lamasery from dawn to dark. And some of the women even carried babies in their arms, to bring them in early contact with the religious and the holy which played so great a part in almost every phase of the life and customs of these the most religious people in the world.'
Source of Descriptive Information	Forman, H. (1936).Through forbidden Tibet: An adventure into the unknown by Harrison Forman. London: Jarrolds. (p. 41).
Subject TGM	Prayer Religious articles People Women Children Nomads Clothing & dress Buddhism
Continent	Asia
Country	China
State/Province	Hebei (province)
Type	Image
Original Collection	Harrison Forman Collection
Original Item Size	35 mm
Original Item Medium	Black-and-white negatives; Cellulose nitrate film
Original Item Location	Forman Nitrate Negatives, Box 9
Original Item ID	Roll 135
Provenance	Gift of Sandra Carlyle Forman, 1987
Repository	American Geographical Society Library, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries
Rights	The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System
Digital Publisher	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries
Digital ID	fr204257
Date Digitized	2007
Digital Collection	Tibet - From the Collections of the American Geographical Society Library
Digital Format	Image/jpg
Project Name	NEH Grant Project: Saving and Sharing the AGS Library's Historic Nitrate Negative Images
Part of	American Geographical Society Library Digital Photo Archive

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