Images in Sakya monastery

Images in Sakya monastery

BMH.M.40.1 (Contact Print)

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Key Information

Photographer

Arthur Hopkinson

Collection

A. J. Hopkinson

Date of Photo

1948

Region

Sakya

Accession number

BMH.M.40.1

Image Dimensions

58 x 60

Images on the main altar inside Sakya monastery. Covered with khatak offering scarves and with butter lamps and other vessels in front. Covered seats can be seen in the foreground and textile hangings drape the pillars in the hall

Further Information

Photographic Process

Print gelatin silver

Expedition

A. J. Hopkinson's Tour of Duty as Indian Political Officer 1947-48

This Image also appears in another collection

BMH.S.15.1

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Images in Sakya monastery" 05 Dec. 2006. The British Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_BMH.M.40.1.html>.

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