Ache Lhamo performance at Drepung

Ache Lhamo performance at Drepung

2001.59.14.63.1 (Film negative)

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Key Information

Photographer

Hugh E. Richardson

Collection

Hugh Richardson

Date of Photo

1936 - 1940

Region

Lhasa Area > Drepung

Accession number

2001.59.14.63.1

Image Dimensions

55 x 55 mm

Group of actors/dancers performing an Ache Lhamo opera in the paved courtyard of a house under tent-like awnings. In the background there are spectators sheltering from the sun under awnings. There are appliquéd drapes across the front of the house where it is possible to see stone steps and a wooden staircase.

Further Information

Activity

Dancing , Performing

Photographic Process

Negative film nitrate

Date Acquired

Donated August 2001

Donated by

The executors of the estate of Hugh E. Richardson

Expedition

Hugh E. Richardson

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Ache Lhamo performance at Drepung" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_2001.59.14.63.1.html>.

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