MS 2004-04 Frits V. Holm article and photograph
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content: NAA MS 2004-04
name: label: Creator
content: Holm, Frits, 1881-1930
place: label: Place
content: China -- Sian-fu
topic: label: Topic
content: Nestorian tablet
creator: label: Creator
content: Holm, Frits, 1881-1930
culture: label: Culture
content: Chinese
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Frits Holm, a Danish explorer, undertook an expedition into the the interior of North China in 1907 to obtain a monolith replica of the Nestorian stele,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.
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content: 5 Items (pages and 1 photographic print)
unitdate: label: Date
content: bulk 1907 and 1909
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS2004-04
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content: Collection descriptions
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content: Archival materials
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content: 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.