Sertreng ceremony

Sertreng ceremony

1998.131.594 (Film negative)

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Key Information

Photographer

Heinrich Harrer?

Collection

Frederick Spencer Chapman

Date of Photo

1946-50?

Region

Lhasa > Sho

Accession number

1998.131.594

Image Dimensions

81 x 110

Monks carrying standards and spectators at the Sertreng ceremony or`The Golden Procession of the Assembly of Worship'. The tent in which officials are seated can be seen on the left of the image in the middle distance. The photograph has been taken from one of the roofs of the buildings at the base of the Potala or on the steps

Further Information

Photographic Process

Copy Negative

Date Acquired

Donated 1994

Donated by

Mrs Faith Spencer Chapman

Photo also owned by

Frederick Spencer Chapman

Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number

SC.T.2.594

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Sertreng ceremony" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.131.594.html>.

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