Chakpori

Chakpori

2001.59.8.72.1 (Transparency)

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Key Information

Photographer

Hugh E. Richardson

Collection

Hugh Richardson

Date of Photo

1936-50

Region

Lhasa > Chakpori

Accession number

2001.59.8.72.1

Image Dimensions

55 x 57 mm

Chakpori from the Norbulingka summer palace of the Dalai Lama. There is a small lake in the foreground. There is a hole in the transparency on the right.

Further Information

Photographic Process

Transparency Colour

Date Acquired

Donated August 2001

Donated by

The executors of the estate of Hugh E. Richardson

Expedition

Hugh E. Richardson

Manual Catalogues -

Manual Catalogues - Notes on negative album '8' - 'Potala. Colour misc.' [on front cover] [KC 9/9/2006]

Manual Catalogues -


Manual Catalogues - Notes on negative index '8' - Folio 72. 'do [Lcag po ri] from Norbu Lingka c.' [KC 9/9/2006]

Other Information - Background: A view of Chagpori (lchags po ri) medical college founded by the Desi Sangye Gyatso in 1696. The college form a centre of training of Amchi, (doctor) and the manufacture of Tibetan medicine. (TS)

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Chakpori" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_2001.59.8.72.1.html>.

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