Key Information

Photographer

Hugh E. Richardson

Collection

Hugh Richardson

Date of Photo

1936-50

Named Person

Dingja

Region

Lhasa

Accession number

BMR.6.8.30

Image Dimensions

60 x 90 mm

Dingja dressed in the ceremonial clothes of a Yaso general with an appliqué tent in the background.

Further Information

Photographic Process

Transparency Colour

Expedition

Hugh E. Richardson

Flipped Negative

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Other Information

Technical Information - The camera used to take this collection of colour slides (Dufay colour) were a Zeiss Super Ikonta and a Reflex Korelle. [KC 09/10/2006]

Manual Catalogues -

Manual Catalogues - Typewritten handlist entitled 'Hugh Richardson Collection, The British Museum. Photographs taken between 1936-50. Cameras: Zeiss Super Ikonta, Reflex Korelle. 300 colour slides (Dufay colour); copies made Jan. 1995.
[no.] 30. Dingja, the Governor of Shigatse, on a visit to Lhasa. He had some military training in India. Photo probably taken in the summer of 1938.' [KC 09/10/2006]

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Dingja in the ceremonial clothes of a Yaso general" 05 Dec. 2006. The British Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_BMR.6.8.30.html>.

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Dingja in the ceremonial clothes of a Yaso general