Photography Chinese Boys Catching Frogs
Photography Chinese Boys Catching Frogs
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A black-and-white photograph showing a group of ten boys of different ages catching frogs. They use wooden sticks and woven baskets for the hunt. Frog legs have always been part of Chinese cuisine, among both rich and poor.
The photograph is the 153rd 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 Chinesen-Jungen. (DZ, MV)
Place of manufacture: Beijing
Manufacturing technique: black-and-white photograph
Dimensions: length: 12.8 cm, width: 8.4 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
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