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Serxu Nomads

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Serxu Nomads (2011)

Michael Yamashita

Limited Edition of 100
Archival Pigment Print
25" x 16.5"
MY112

 

 

Nomads gather in Serxu to clean and display their valuable yartsa gombu.

Yartsa gombu is a fungus caterpillar combination highly prized in Traditional Chinese Medicine as an elixir and known today as Himalayan Viagra.