Drepung and Nechung Monasteries

Drepung and Nechung Monasteries

1998.157.31 (Transparency colour)

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Key Information

Photographer

Frederick Spencer Chapman

Collection

Frederick Spencer Chapman

Date of Photo

August 30th 1936?

Region

Lhasa Area > Nechung

Accession number

1998.157.31

Image Dimensions

60 x 92

Drepung monastery on the outskirts of Lhasa with the Nechung monastery, seat of the State Oracle, in its lingka in the right foreground

Further Information

Photographic Process

Transparency Colour

Date Acquired

Donated 1994

Donated by

Faith Spencer Chapman

Expedition

British Diplomatic Mission to Lhasa 1936-37

Photo also owned by

Frederick Spencer Chapman

Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number

SC.T.1.31

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Drepung and Nechung Monasteries" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.157.31.html>.

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