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

Object Details

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.

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

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

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.

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."