Flailing barley near Chakpori
1998.131.275 (Print black & white)
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Key Information
Photographer
Frederick Spencer Chapman
Collection
Frederick Spencer Chapman
Date of Photo
October 6th 1936?
Region
Lhasa > Chakpori
Accession number
1998.131.275
Image Dimensions
120 x 172 mm
Further Information
Activity
Threshing
Photographic Process
Print gelatin silver
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 Catologue Number
CW.18 [view film roll]
Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number
SC.T.2.275
This Image also appears in another collection
BMR.86.1.58.4 2001.35.366.1
Other Information
Notes on print/mount - The back of the print is covered with many crop and reproduction marks. These include the instructions to crop 1/2" from the left hand side and to reduce the width to 5 5/8". A number of reference numbers have been written on the back of the print in pencil. These include '29a' in the top left hand corner, and the reference 'C-W-18'. This latter number seems to relate to the numbering system that Chapman adopted for images taken whilst on the British Mission to Lhasa in 1936-7. A piece of tracing paper has been attached to the back of the print and folded over the front. This would have been used to transfer reproduction information to the front. However, this has not been used and the image was not included as an illustration of the official diary [MS 1/4/2005]
Manual Catalogues -
Manual Catalogues - Caption in Chapman's hand-written list of negatives made whilst on the Mission to Lhasa, 1936-7 [See PRM Manuscripts Collection]: Ditto [Flailing corn]; PRM Manuscripts Collection: ‘List of Tibetan Prints and Negatives’ - Book 4: ‘8/2 - Flauting [ sic ] barley near the two edict pagodas at foot of Potala’ [MS 16/03/2006]
Other Information - Related Images
Other Information - Related Images: Images prefixed with 'CW' comprise a group of negatives containing images of the Regent’s camp, young monk with kite, flailing corn, yaks coming down street, Pargo Kaling, yaks with loads, Kundeling. This list has been identified with the letter ‘W’ rather than CW, unlike most other lists in the archive, but relates to images prefixed with ‘CW’ in the draft album. The list has been written in black ink, unlike the others which are written almost entirely in pencil. All the images seem to have been taken on or around October 6th and many are used to illustrate early October in the Mission Diary [MS 16/03/2006]
Other Information - Setting
Other Information - Setting: This photograph was likely to have been taken just south of Sho. Chapman describes the two Chinese style buildings in his book Lhasa the Holy City [London: Chatto & Windus 1938; reprint, London: Readers Union Ltd., 1940]: "Just beyond Sho there are two small pagodas on the left of the road; these shelter stone inscriptions recording Chinese victories" [1940, pp.149-50]
For Citation use:
The Tibet Album.
"Flailing barley near Chakpori "
05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum.
<http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.131.275.html>.
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