Mountain trail leading up to the Jelap La pass
1999.23.1.6.1 (Album Print black & white)
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Key Information
Photographer
H. Staunton ?
Collection
Harry Staunton
Date of Photo
1940 - 1941
Region
Chumbi Valley Region > Jelap La
Accession number
1999.23.1.6.1
Image Dimensions
119 x 87 mm
Further Information
Photographic Process
Print gelatin silver
Date Acquired
Donated 1999
Donated by
Diana Hughes
Expedition
H. Staunton
Photo also owned by
Diana Hughes
Other Information
Notes on print/mount - "Wool train and typical track" is written on the reverse of the print in pencil. Also, the number "4258" is written in pencil in the top right hand corner. [KC 7/12/2005]
Manual Catalogues -
Manual Catalogues - "Jelap La Pass". [Hugh Richardson in conversation with Roger Croston, detailed in H. Staunton undated Related Documents File, PRM Manuscript Collections]
Other Information - Setting
Other Information - Setting: F Spencer Chapman writes in Lhasa: The Holy City , London: Readers Union Ltd, 1940, p. 15, "The main Lhasa-India trade route, together with the telegraph line, goes to Kalimpong in the extreme north of Bengal. This route crosses the southern ridge of the Himalaya by the Jelep La, a pass slightly higher and much more difficult than the Natu La, which descends directly to Gangtok. ... Thus it is that the bulk of the Tibetan trade, more especially the wool traffic, goes to Kalimpong, leaving the shorter Natu La track comparitively free."
Other Information - Album: This image appears in Staunton's personal album on a page (1999.23.1.6) with three other images. [KC 6/12/2005]
For Citation use:
The Tibet Album.
"Mountain trail leading up to the Jelap La pass"
05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum.
<http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1999.23.1.6.1.html>.
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