Key Information

Photographer

Frederick Spencer Chapman

Collection

Frederick Spencer Chapman

Date of Photo

February 1937?

Named Person

Tendong Dzongpon

Region

Lhasa Area > Drepung

Accession number

1998.131.458.3

Image Dimensions

60 x 90mm

Tendong Dzongpon, Governor of Gyantse and brother of Tendong Shap-pe, possibly Mondo and Bhondong?. Group of five Tibetans riding across Lhasa Plain.Two monk officials, lay official,Tibetan attendant and muslim attendant? Drepung and Nechung monastery in the background.

Further Information

Activity

Riding

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.2.458

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Lhasa officials on horseback" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.131.458.3.html>.

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