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Tella Baig..Wakhi winter shepherds known as "Shpunds" in their settlement of Kher Metek, on the edge of the Little Pamir. They often look over Kyrgyz sheep and yak herds for payment in animals. .Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan

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Contained in galleries: Pamir, winter 2008, Afghanistan. Unvisited since 1972

Tella Baig..Wakhi winter shepherds known as "Shpunds" in their settlement of Kher Metek, on the edge of the Little Pamir. They often look over Kyrgyz sheep and yak herds for payment in animals. .Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan