Riders at Dzonggyap shambe

Riders at Dzonggyap shambe

1998.131.565 (Print black & white)

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Key Information

Photographer

Hugh E. Richardson

Collection

Frederick Spencer Chapman

Date of Photo

March 8th 1937

Region

Lhasa > Lhalu House

Accession number

1998.131.565

Image Dimensions

114 x 161

Riders in armour with weapons waiting to receive scarves or khatak from officials attending the Dzonggyap shambe or `Gallop behind the fort'. Spectators can be seen in the background with a target on the right of the image in the middle distance. Lhalu Mansion is in the background

Further Information

Photographic Process

Print gelatin silver

Date Acquired

Donated 1994

Donated by

Mrs Faith Spencer Chapman

Expedition

British Diplomatic Mission to Lhasa (Hugh Richardson)

Photo also owned by

Frederick Spencer Chapman

Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number

SC.T.2.565

This Image also appears in another collection

2001.59.1.91.1

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Riders at Dzonggyap shambe " 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.131.565.html>.

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