China Records Project Miscellaneous Personal Papers Collection
Container / Volume:
Box 333 | Folder 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
Ablutions form a large part in the Moslem's day, so we find connected with each mosque a well equipped, heated bath house. The kettles on the rack in the center are for the minor ablutions used before every time of prayer. Showers are to be had in t...
China Records Project Miscellaneous Personal Papers Collection
Container / Volume:
Box 333 | Folder 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
A 'Beehive' kumbei peculiar to the Wuchungpao Plain, Ningsia. Although the door of the kumbei may open in any direction, the sepulchre inside will always be placed North and South.
China Records Project Miscellaneous Personal Papers Collection
Container / Volume:
Box 333 | Folder 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
A typical flour-mill used and controlled by Moslems along the Tibetan border. The wheel on the left is kept in motion by the force of the water striking the blades as in a turbine. Above in the mill the upper stone of the mill does not revolve, as w...
