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Published 09/01/2014 at dimensions 1707 × 1110 in Klaus Ferdinand and the ethnographic pursuit.

Klaus Ferdinand overlooking the mountains. This his first expedition to Afghanistan came to have a decisive influence on his future career. The Henning Haslund-Christensen Memorial Expedition, 1953-'55. Photo: the Moesgaard Museum archives

Klaus Ferdinand in the Afghan province of Nuristan, 1953. At this point only a handful of scholars had undertaken studies in the region. Photo: Moesgaard Museum