Key Information

Photographer

Evan Yorke Nepean

Collection

Frederick Spencer Chapman

Date of Photo

August 2nd 1936

Named Person

Abbot of Kargyu Monastery

Region

Chumbi Valley Region > Kargyu

Accession number

1998.131.134

Image Dimensions

61 x 92

Group of monks outside Kargyu Monastery. The Abbot of Kargyu monastery is in the centre of the image in a grey robe. His hair is uncut and knotted on the top of his head, and he wears spiral-design ivory ear ornaments. Frescoes can be seen in the background

Further Information

Photographic Process

Negative film nitrate

Date Acquired

Donated 1994

Donated by

Faith Spencer Chapman

Expedition

British Diplomatic Mission to Lhasa 1936-37

Photo also owned by

Frederick Spencer Chapman

Revised Photographer

Evan Yorke Nepean

Previous Catologue Number

YN.10

Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number

SC.T.2.134

This Image also appears in another collection

2001.35.396.5.5 2001.35.12.1

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Abbot and Monks of Kargyu Monastery" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.131.134.html>.

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