Mummified Priest, Mt. Omei

Title: Mummified Priest, Mt. Omei
Caption: Idol on Mt. Omei, said to be a mummefied man [priest. Still there in 1936. DGE.]
Identifier: DCG_022
Alternative Identifier: 133-234
Description: Human figure with black face and dressed in robes is seated in a raised alcove. It is flanked by two or more small doll-like figures, one of whom wears an imperial gown. There is also a small human face on the figure's lap. There is a sculpture in front of the figure whose name and purpose cannot be determined.
Creator: Graham, David Crockett
Date Created: 1924-1926
Location: Mt. Emei, Sichuan
Geonames: https://www.geonames.org/1811732/emeishan-shi.html
Event: 1924-1926 David Crockett Graham Mt. Omei Treks
Original Format: glass plate
Source: Whitman College and Northwest Archives
Provenance: Jean Graham Brown and Dorothy Graham Edson, daughers of DCG, and Chris Hoogendyk, grandson of DCG.
Access Rights: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Publisher: SIUE
Record Date: 2024-10-09
Contributor: Cory Willmott
Type: Still Image
Subject: deity