Photography Chinese Women
Photography Chinese Women
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A black-and-white photograph, a bust portrait of two Chinese women on the street. Both the simple and padded clothing and the gloves indicate the lower social status of these girls, and show that the season is winter. Behind them hangs a white banner in the shape of a long lantern. These were usually placed in front of stores and restaurants. On the lantern is a sign inviting passers-by to enter the shop.
The photograph is the 163rd of 449 photographs of Beijing and its surroundings in the album of Ivan Skušek Jr., purchased during his stay in Beijing (1914–1920). In the handwritten inventory of the album, the photograph is referred to as Chinesinen. (DZ, MV)
Place of manufacture: Beijing
Manufacturing technique: black-and-white photograph
Dimensions: length: 11.1 cm, width: 8.5 cm
No. of parts: 1
Current owner: Slovene Ethnographic Museum
Date of the last acquisition: 1963
Previous owners and periods of ownership: Ivan Skušek, Jr. and Tsuneko Kondō Kawase - Marija Skušek, National Museum of Slovenia, Slovene Ethnographic Museum
Object condition, handling and damage: well preserved, trimmed left- and right-hand edges
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