Key Information

Photographer

H. Staunton ?

Collection

Harry Staunton

Date of Photo

1940 - 1941

Named Person

Bhondong, Doring Se, Tsarong Dzasa, Kalon Lama, Phunkhang Yabshi Kung

Region

Lhasa > Dekyi Lingka

Accession number

1999.23.1.31.5

Image Dimensions

90 x 60 mm

Three members of the Tibetan Cabinet (in the front row from left to right), Phunkhang Yabshi Kung, Bhondong and Kalon Lama and (in the back row) officials Doring and Tsarong (wearing a paper hat) at a reception in the garden of Dekyi Lingka. They are standing under a tree and there is a tent in the background and a chair in front of it.

Further Information

Photographic Process

Print gelatin silver

Date Acquired

Donated 1999

Donated by

Diana Hughes

Expedition

H. Staunton

Photo also owned by

Diana Hughes

Other Information

Notes on album mount - "Kashag Penchung Doring Sarong Kala Lama" is written in capital letters in pencil below the photograph on the album page.

Other Information - Cultural Background

Other Information - Cultural Background: The significance of the paper hat is not fully known. It may just have been left over from the Children's Party. See 1999.23.1.27.3 for a photograph taken at this party and Rai Bahadur Norbu Dhondup may be seen wearing one. [KC 10/1/2006]

Other Information - Related Images

Other Information - Related Images: See 1999.23.1.31.1 and 1999.23.2.2 for other photographs taken at this reception. [KC 10/1/2006]

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Kashag members and other officials at Dekyi Lingka party" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1999.23.1.31.5.html>.

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Kashag members and other officials at Dekyi Lingka party