National Anthropological Archives

MS 2004-04 Frits V. Holm article and photograph

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.MS2004-04
Creators:
Holm, Frits, 1881-1930
Dates:
bulk 1907 and 1909
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
5 Items
pages and 1 photographic print
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Photograph of Frits V. Holm taken in 1907 in Sianfu, China during his second visit to the capital of Shensi. The back of the print is inscribed by Holm to Walter Hough. Also an article by Holm entitled, "An Expedition into the Interior of North China," published in The Travel Magazine in 1909.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Frits Holm, a Danish explorer, undertook an expedition into the the interior of North China in 1907 to obtain a monolith replica of the Nestorian stele, dating from A.D. 781, in Sian-fu in Shensi province. The Nestorian tablet is evidence of the early presence of Christian missionaries in China and the acceptance of the religion by rulers of the Tang dynasty. The replica is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

Using the Collection

Citation
Manuscript 2004-04 Frits Holm article and photograph, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

More Information

Local Numbers

Local Numbers
NAA MS 2004-04


Keywords

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China -- Sian-fu Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Nestorian tablet Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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