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Sakieh
Gabriel Lekegianabout 1870–1890
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
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.
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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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