Bringing in an Ovis Poli

Item Info

Title:
Bringing in an Ovis Poli
Date:
April 1915 to November 1915
Creator:
Sykes, Percy, Sir, 1867-1945
Description:

  • Two men on yaks in the mountains; the figure on the right, with rifle, is Nadir, a huntsman employed by Sykes. The horns of the "ovis poli," or Marco Polo sheep, are just visible on back of one of the yaks. Appears as an illustration in the book Through Deserts and Oases of Central Persia (1920).

  • Page 17

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Digital Collection:
Photographs taken by Lt. Col. Sir Percy Sykes to illustrate Chinese Turkestan, the Russian Pamirs and Osh April-November, 1915
Source Collection:
Photographs taken by Lt. Col. Sir Percy Sykes to illustrate Chinese Turkestan, the Russian Pamirs and Osh, 1915 April-November
Provenance:
The photograph album, Photographs taken by Lt. Col. Sir Percy Sykes to illustrate Chinese Turkestan, the Russian Pamirs and Osh, April-November, 1915 was received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library as a purchase in 2018.
Rights:
Free Re-Use
No Copyright - United States
Identifier:
  • image RL.11685-P-0033
  • 384b993eff5ddab2b86fbec8b406e3c6
  • sykespercy
  • duke:606679
  • spsst001033
  • ark:/87924/r4rn3409k
  • 800ebd91-7d24-40ce-aaff-27bc160d7f45
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