Kurdistan (Iraq): Panoramic View of Mountain Range in the Vicinity of the Kjolu Pass

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Local Numbers: FSA A.6 04.GN.1276
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note: Glass negative probably related to two expeditions to Paikuli (Iraq), in 1911 and 1913, as well as an excavation campaign carried out on site by Ernst Herzfeld in 1923.

Creator: Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948
Names: Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948
Collection Creator: Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948

Place: Asia; Iraq

Topic: Description and Travel; Natural landscapes; Panoramas

Creator: Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948

See more items in: Ernst Herzfeld Papers; Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Series 4: Photographic Files

Extent: 1 Glass negative (b&w, 13 cm. x 18 cm.)

Date: 1911-1923

Archival Repository: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

Identifier: FSA.A.06, Item FSA A.6 04.GN.1276

Type: Archival materials; Glass negatives

Collection Citation: Ernst Herzfeld Papers. FSA.A.06. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Ernst Herzfeld, 1946.

Arrangement: - Glass Negatives, chronogically numbered from 1 to 5,075, originally stored in 80 wooden boxes of approximately 50 photographs each, are housed in document boxes and stored on shelves.

Collection Rights: Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.

Existence and Location of Copies: Photo File 10, Volume 2, image No. 289

Genre/Form: Glass negatives

Scope and Contents: Handwritten notes accompanying related print in photo file 10, vol. 2 reads, "Pass über Kjölū (Sälārä). Blick auf Bärd e Spiān aus Kandīla."; Additional information from Finding Aid reads, "Subseries 4.10: Photo File 10 (2 vols.), "Persian Architecture and Landscapes," Subseries 4.10.2: vol. 2; Image No. 289 (Negative Number: 1276). Panorama, the Pass over Kjölu (Sälarä); view onto Bard e Spian from Kandila."; Additional information from staff reads, "FSA A.6 04.GN.1275 (left) and FSA A.6 04.GN.1276 (right) compose a single panoramic view."