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2001.59.15.77.2 (Print)

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Key Information

Photographer

Hugh E. Richardson

Collection

Hugh Richardson

Date of Photo

1949

Region

Yarlung Valley Region > Naygo

Accession number

2001.59.15.77.2

Image Dimensions

60 x 60 mm

Man walking on the north bank of the Tsangpo at Naygo (gnas mgo) north of the Yarlung valley near Ngari dratshang (mnga' ris grwa tshang). It is possible to see the two banks across which an iron bridge was once strung. Overexposed.

Further Information

Photographic Process

Print silver

Date Acquired

Donated August 2001

Donated by

The executors of the estate of Hugh E. Richardson

Expedition

Richardson's 1949 tour of the Yarlung and Chyongye valleys

Other Information

Notes on print - ' Sngas mgo Ferry station over Tsang po by Ngari' near Ngari Tra tsan. Formerly an iron bridge Nang go Chaksam' (in pencil) is written on the reverse of print in Richardson's hand and 'Velox' in an oval is stamped in black. [KC 12/6/2006]

Manual Catalogues -


Manual Catalogues - Notes in negative index - Folio 77. 'Site of Snang-sgo' iron bridge'. [KC 30/5/2006]

Manual Catalogues -


Manual Catalogues - Richardson's Handlist, Negative book '9' 'Drikhung, Chongye etc.' [no] 77. 'There was an iron chain bridge between the two islets in the photograph. It was made by Thang-ston rgyal-po. The placeis known as Sgnas-mgo, it is on the north bank of the Gtsang-po (Brahmaputra) north of the Yarlung valley.' [KC 3/6/2006]

Other Information - Location: Richardson mentions the site in High Peaks, Pure Earth , London, Serindia Publications, 1998, p. 317. "Four miles upstream from the 'On valley a ferry crosses to Rtse-thang on the south bank. It passes two rocky islets with runed masonry towers which formerly supported one of Thang-stong rgyal-po's famous iron-chain bridges."

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_2001.59.15.77.2.html>.

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