Woman carrying load in Chumbi Valley village

Woman carrying load in Chumbi Valley village

BMH.A.100.1 (Film negative)

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Key Information

Photographer

Arthur Hopkinson

Collection

A. J. Hopkinson

Date of Photo

January - February 1927?

Region

Chumbi Valley Region >

Accession number

BMH.A.100.1

Image Dimensions

116 x 85

A village in the Chumbi Valley close to Yatung after a relatively light fall of snow. Prayer flags can be seen in the centre of the image. A woman can be seen carrying a large load of grass on her back walking along the path in the centre of the image

Further Information

Photographic Process

Negative film nitrate

Expedition

A. J. Hopkinson's Tour of Duty as British Trade Agent, Gyantse, 1927-28

Previous Catologue Number

8

Manual Catalogues -

Manual Catalogues - 'A100' has been written on the top edge of the negative in blue-black ink [MS 13/05/2006]

Notes on print/mount - Two contact prints made from this negative are contained in A. J. Hopkinson's negative case with the negative. The first print appears to have been removed from an album, as there are traces of black mounting paper around the edges of the print as if it has been taken out after previously being glued in place. A partially decipherable caption has been written on the back in pencil: "Chumbi [?] (Here the Maharajas of Sikkim used to live) Prayer (mani wall) and woman carrying grass in foreground ". The number 8 has been written on the front top right corner in pencil. The second print has the caption 'A winter scene in Chumbi Village (2 miles from Yatung)' written on the back in pencil [MS 26/06/2006]

Manual Catalogues -


Manual Catalogues - [Caption in A. J. Hopkinson's negative album 'Tibet A - A. J. Hopkinson ICS Gyantse via Siliguri]: 'Chumbi Village' [MS 28/04/2006]

Other Information - Description: [Extract from taped interview, Richard Blurton and Mrs Hopkinson] 'carrying fodder in the Chumbi Valley' [MS 20/04/2006]

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Woman carrying load in Chumbi Valley village" 05 Dec. 2006. The British Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_BMH.A.100.1.html>.

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