Roof of mosque, Ningxia Huizu Zizhiqu, China, 1936

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Title: Roof of mosque, Ningxia Huizu Zizhiqu, China, 1936
Creator: Pickens, Claude L., 1900-1985
Published / Created: 1936
Publication Place: Ningsia, China, Asia
Description: Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
The province of Ningsia has two distinct types of architecture among its many mosques. Here is a good example of the curved roof minaret of one near Kinkihsien. There is a much sharper curve to the roof here than one finds in Eastern China.
Extent: 8 x 11.5 cm.

Repository: Yale Divinity Library
Collection Title: China Records Project Miscellaneous Personal Papers Collection
Collection / Other Creator: Yale Divinity Library Special Collections. Divinity School. Day Missions Library
Collection Date: 1834-2002
Container / Volume: Box 333 | Folder 2

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