Key Information

Photographer

H. Staunton ?

Collection

Harry Staunton

Date of Photo

1940 - 1941

Named Person

Dingja, Doring Se, O'Malley

Region

Gyantse Region > Doring House

Accession number

1999.23.1.34.1

Image Dimensions

118 x 89 mm

Taking tea in the Doring house. Facing the camera from left to right are Dingja (smiling), Doring, and Capt. A.H.O O'Malley, the serving Gyantse medical officer at the time. The windows in the background have window panes with a diamond-shaped pattern and a decorative filigree feature at the top. They also have thin curtains which have been drawn back.

Further Information

Activity

Eating and Drinking

Photographic Process

Print gelatin silver

Date Acquired

Donated 1999

Donated by

Diana Hughes

Expedition

H. Staunton

Photo also owned by

Diana Hughes

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Taking tea at the Doring house in Gyantse" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1999.23.1.34.1.html>.

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