Key Information

Photographer

Evan Yorke Nepean

Collection

Evan Yorke Nepean

Date of Photo

September - December 1936

Region

Lhasa > Kyichu

Accession number

2001.35.396.26.1

Image Dimensions

90 x 58 mm

Nepean refers to this image as being of 'Fish worship on river bank', although he does not explain what he means by this. A tree festooned with prayer flags can bee seen on the other side of the path, with the Kyichu river on the left of the image

Further Information

Photographic Process

Negative

Date Acquired

Loaned August 2002

Donated by

Judy Goldthorp

Expedition

British Diplomatic Mission to Lhasa 1936-37

Photo also owned by

Lady Nepean

This Image also appears in another collection

2001.35.126.1

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Kyichu river bank with prayer flags" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_2001.35.396.26.1.html>.

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Kyichu river bank with prayer flags