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Two men and a cow standing in front of a water lifting device, known as a sakieh or sakia. The device involves a wooden beam between two stone walls. The beam is attached to a wheel.

Details

  • Title: Sakieh
  • Creator: G. Lekegian
  • Date Created: about 1870–1890
  • Location Created: Egypt
  • Physical Dimensions: 20.6 × 27.3 cm (8 1/8 × 10 3/4 in.)
  • Type: Print
  • External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
  • Medium: Albumen silver print
  • Terms of Use: Open Content
  • Number: 84.XM.1407.67
  • Culture: French
  • Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
  • Creator Display Name: G. Lekegian (French, active Paris, France and Egypt 1870s - 1890s)
  • Classification: Photographs (Visual Works)

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