1998.131.394.1 (Film negative)
1998.131.394.1 (Film negative)
Frederick Spencer Chapman
Frederick Spencer Chapman
August 22nd 1936
Sir Basil Gould
Tsangpo Valley Region > Chushul
1998.131.394.1
80 x 110
Negative film nitrate
Donated 1994
Faith Spencer Chapman
British Diplomatic Mission to Lhasa 1936-37
Frederick Spencer Chapman
Not Chapman
C.11.4 [view film roll]
SC.T.2.394
In Negative - The number '4' has been printed on the negative on the right hand side [MS 23/03/2006]
Manual Catalogues - Caption in Chapman's hand-written list of negatives made whilst on the Mission to Lhasa, 1936-7 [See PRM Manuscripts Collection]: 'Presents at Chusul (poor)' [MS 01/04/2006]
Other Information - Related Images: Images prefixed with 'C.11' comprise a group of negatives containing images of Chusul, including a panorama [MS 01/04/2006]
Other Information - Cultural Background: From their dress seem to be much more like local headmen than higher officials. All are wearing fedora hats known in Tibetan as gyakar zhamo (Indian hat) [TS 14/2/2005]
Other Information - Entry in Mission Diary for August 22nd 1936: "On the far bank we were entertained by the local headmen to "chang" and Tibetan tea in gaily ornamented tents while the ponies were resaddled" ['Lhasa Mission, 1936: Diary of Events', Part III pp. 5-6, written by Neame] [MS 01/04/2006]
For Citation use:
The Tibet Album.
"Gould meeting local Tibetan people"
05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum.
<http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.131.394.1.html>.
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