Baksa, Formosa [Taiwan]. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1871.
- Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
- Date:
- 1981
- Reference:
- 19073i
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View of two ranges of a native house made of reeds [?] with a thatched roof. Two figures in the centre by an entrance. Pieces of domestic equipment all around, e.g. water pots
Publication/Creation
1981
Physical description
1 photograph : photoprint
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Pepohoan dwellings Formosa China Pepohoan house Bak-su, Formosa 1871 Huts Formosa native Pepohoan
Bears Thomson's negative number: "410"
References note
R. Viénet, Formosa from the earth and from the air 1871-2006, Taiwan: Editions René Viénet, 2006, p. 77
Notes
This is one of a collection of same-size contact prints made, in 1981, from John Thomson's original negatives. The glass negatives, made between 1868 and 1872, were purchased from Thomson by Sir Henry Wellcome in 1921 and are now in the Wellcome Institute Library
Reference
Wellcome Collection 19073i
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