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Portrait of young nomad in Tibetan Plateau with ornate necklace

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Title	Portrait of young nomad in Tibetan Plateau with ornate necklace
Part of Set	Harrison Forman Collection - Tibet
Date of Photograph	1937
Photographer's Note	Env. 103: Tibet 1937
Photographer	Forman, Harrison, 1904-1978
Description	Bronzed right shoulders were bared, with long sleeves dragging carelessly in the dust behind and right hands resting casually upon the hilts of the ever-ready swords, stuck crosswise in their girdles (p. 34).
Source of Descriptive Information	Forman, H. (1936). Through Forbidden Tibet. London: Jarrolds
Subject TGM	Men Nomads Necklaces Coats Portraits
Subject LC	Tibet, Plateau of
Continent	Asia
Country	China
Geographic Feature	Qing Zang Gaoyuan (plateau)
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 8
Original Item ID	22-17
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	fr203594
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