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Maker(s):Sébah, Jean Pascal
Culture:Turkish, (1872-1947)
Title:Obelisk of Sesostris I, Heliopolis
Date Made:late 19th - early 20th century
Type:Photograph
Materials:Albumen print
Place Made:Africa; Asia; Egypt
Measurements:mount: 17 in x 14 in; 43.18 cm x 35.56 cm; image: 10 1/2 in x 8 1/8 in; 26.67 cm x 20.6375 cm
Narrative Inscription:  recto lwr. l [in negative]: A17 Obelisque Heliopolis (Mattarieh); recto lwr. r. [in negative]: J.P. Sebah
Accession Number:  MH 1995.6.51
Credit Line:Gift of William and Sylvia Durfee
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Black and white image of an obelisk in a grove of short trees. Two people are seated at its base, facing away from the viewer, and two other people stand farther apart to the left and are clothed in western dress.

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