Palm leaf folios at Tsurphu

Palm leaf folios at Tsurphu

2001.59.6.75.1 (Film negative)

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Key Information

Photographer

Hugh E. Richardson

Collection

Hugh Richardson

Date of Photo

1949

Region

Tolung Valley Region > Tsurphu

Accession number

2001.59.6.75.1

Image Dimensions

43 X 54 mm

Five palm leaf folios set out on a piece of wood at Tsuphu. A piece of string is threaded through a hole in the centre of the folios.

Further Information

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

Manual Catalogues -

Manual Catalogues - Notes on front of negative album - '6' 'JOMOLHARI; [illegible]; TSURPHU; NAPSO DORING'; Notes on back of negative album: 'JOMOLHARI; CHARSADDA; PESHAWAR; ABBOTABAD [?sic]; KULU; TSURPHU SCROLL & MSS.; GARDEN'; Notes on spine: 'JOMOLHARI; NWFP; TSURPHU SCROLL'

Manual Catalogues -


Manual Catalogues - Notes on negative index - Folio. 75. 'do' [Palm leaf book Tsurphu].

Other Information - Setting


Other Information - Setting: Richardson mentions being shown these palm-leaf manuscripts on a visit to Tsurphu in High Peaks, Pure Earth , H. E. Richardson, London, Serindia Publications, 1998, "I was shown letters from Chinese emperors and many other treasures, including palm-leaf manuscripts." (p. 732)

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Palm leaf folios at Tsurphu" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_2001.59.6.75.1.html>.

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