Key Information

Photographer

Frederick Spencer Chapman

Collection

Frederick Spencer Chapman

Date of Photo

December 24th - January 2nd 1937?

Named Person

Mondo , Rampa

Region

Lhasa > Dekyi Lingka

Accession number

1998.131.418

Image Dimensions

158 x 109

Mondo, who had previously attended Rugby School in England, on the left and Rampa, who was a Tibetan official who was referred to as the 'lay guide to the Mission', on the right. Together they were jointly in charge of the hamlet of Sho at the foot of the Potala. Seen here in the Dekyi Lingka

Further Information

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

BG.13 In publication
'Lhasa Mission 1936, Diary of Events', P. Neame, H. Richardson, F. S. Chapman, Government of India Political Department [Note: photographs for October 18th - November 4th 1936 are not included as their relationship to text is not detailed; see Mission Diary text for details of images] [see photos in publication]

Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number

SC.T.2.418

Published

'Lhasa Mission 1936, Diary of Events', P. Neame, H. Richardson, F. S. Chapman, Government of India Political Department [Note: photographs for October 18th - November 4th 1936 are not included as their relationship to text is not detailed; see Mission Diary text for details of images] [view list of illustrations]

Other Information

Notes on print/mount - The reference 'BG.13' has been written on the back of the print in pencil, as has 'F. S. Chapman' and the number '5' in a circle in the bottom right hand corner [MS 24/03/2006]

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]: 'Monk and Lay guides v.full good';

Other Information - Related Images

Other Information - Related Images: Images prefixed with 'BG' comprise a group of negatives containing images of interiors (possibly at Kundeling), other views of Kundeling, Major Finch, monks and lay guides and Doctor Morgan. Because of the presence of Major Finch in some images, they seem to have been taken between December 24th 1936 and January 2nd 1937, when Finch was visiting the Mission in Lhasa, or possibly up to a few days either side of these dates [MS 24/03/2006]

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Mondo and Rampa" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.131.418.html>.

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