Officials at Gyantse Gun and Arrow competition

Officials at Gyantse Gun and Arrow competition

BMH.C.29.1 (Film negative)

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Key Information

Photographer

Arthur Hopkinson

Collection

A. J. Hopkinson

Date of Photo

June 21st 1927

Region

Gyantse > Paper Factory

Accession number

BMH.C.29.1

Image Dimensions

85 x 111

Officials or judges at the shooting contest, seated amidst a crowd of onlookers and protected from the heat by umbrellas. This photograph was taken on the occasion of the annual Gun and Arrow Competition at Gyantse in 1927.

Further Information

Photographic Process

Negative film nitrate

Expedition

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

Other Information

In Negative - 'C-29' has been written on the left edge of the negative on the emulsion side [MS 03/07/2006]

Manual Catalogues -


Manual Catalogues - [Caption in A. J. Hopkinson's negative album 'Tibet C']: 'Officials [at 'mounted arrow shooting']' [MS 28/04/2006]

Other Information - Description: [Extract from taped interview, Richard Blurton and Mrs Hopkinson] 'Judges or officials at contest' [MS 03/07/2006]

Other Information - Dates


Other Information - Dates: For dating of image and further description, see A. J. Hopkinson Archive, OIOC British Library, Mss Eur D998/54, Journal Letters from Gyantse and Various Camps, 1927-28, commencing June 26th 1927, Gyantse, pages 1-3 [MS 01/07/2006]

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Officials at Gyantse Gun and Arrow competition" 05 Dec. 2006. The British Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_BMH.C.29.1.html>.

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