Key Information

Photographer

Frederick Spencer Chapman

Collection

Frederick Spencer Chapman

Date of Photo

1936-37

Region

Gyantse Region > Gyantse

Accession number

1998.131.455

Image Dimensions

157 x 106

Wife of Tendong Dzongpon, Governor of Gyantse. Amulet box or gau at her neck. Head and torso. The long decorative jewellery hanging down the front of the shoulder would be pinned to the top. It would be made of jade and pearls and gold with coral

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 Pitt Rivers Museum Number

SC.T.2.455

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Wife of Tendong Dzongpon" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.131.455.html>.

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