Key Information

Photographer

Frederick Spencer Chapman

Collection

Frederick Spencer Chapman

Date of Photo

February 13th 1937

Named Person

Jigme Taring

Region

Lhasa > Dekyi Lingka

Accession number

1998.131.492.1

Image Dimensions

91 x 60

Jigme Taring in ceremonial gyaluche dress at New Year Ceremonies. Full length portrait.

Further Information

Photographic Process

Print gelatin silver

Date Acquired

Donated 1994

Donated by

Mrs Faith Spencer Chapman

Expedition

British Diplomatic Mission to Lhasa 1936-37

Photo also owned by

Frederick Spencer Chapman

Previous Catologue Number

A.17 [view film roll]

Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number

SC.T.2.492

This Image also appears in another collection

BMR.86.1.24.1

Other Information

Notes on print/mount - The print has been printed out on Velox paper. The batch development number '640' has been printed on the back in red ink [MS 28/03/2006]

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]: '1/2 Jigme full in Geluchy'; PRM Manuscripts Collection: ‘List of Tibetan Prints and Negatives’ - Book 2: ‘35/1 - Jigme Tering, Tsarong’s brother in law in Geluchey ceremonial dress’ [MS 28/03/2006]

Research publication - Clare Harris and Tsering Shakya (eds.), 'Seeing Lhasa: British Depictions of the Tibetan Capital 1936-1947', Chicago: Serindia Publications, 2003, p. 48.

Biographical Information - Jigme Taring in gyaluche, the dress of the Princes of Tibet, which was only worn at ceremonies such as New Year. Jigme was the nephew of Raja Taring of Sikkim and had attended St Paul’s School in Darjeeling, India. In 1936 he was a Dëpon (general in the Tibetan army) and was married to Rinchen Dolma (“Mary”) Taring with whom he lived in a small house next to the Tsarong mansion. Both he and his wife spoke fluent English and were friendly with the members of the British Mission. Jigme later became a member of the Tibetan government and the chief architect in Lhasa. After 1959 he continued to work for the Tibetan government-in-exile whilst his wife founded the Tibetan Homes Foundation in Mussorie, Northern India. [CH 2003]

Other Information - Related Images

Other Information - Related Images: Images prefixed with 'A' comprise a group of negatives containing images of officials and the Regent riding in ceremonial dress up to the Potala. They all seem to have been taken on the second day of the New Year ceremonies on February 13th 1937 [MS 28/03/2006]

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Jigme Taring in gyaluche dress" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.131.492.1.html>.

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