Key Information

Photographer

Reginald Fox ?

Collection

Harry Staunton

Date of Photo

May 1940

Named Person

Harry Staunton, Tonyot Tsering

Region

Gyantse > British Trade Agency

Accession number

1999.23.2.65

Image Dimensions

118 x 86 mm

Harry Staunton and the Sikkimese S.A.S (sub-assistant surgeon) Rai Sahib Tonyot Tsering standing at the bottom of some stone steps holding glasses of beer. Staunton is smoking a cigarette and wearing a silk Tibetan coat (chuba). Dr Tonyot is wearing Tibetan boots, an overcoat with a fur collar and other western clothes.

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. "Harry Staunton and Dr Tonyot drinking beer" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1999.23.2.65.html>.

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