Key Information

Photographer

H. Staunton ?

Collection

Harry Staunton

Date of Photo

June 1940

Region

Lhasa Area

Accession number

1999.23.2.66

Image Dimensions

119 x 79 mm

Three men one of whom is carrying a coracle boat on his back. A pack sheep is being held on a lead beside them. Mountains in the background.

Further Information

Photographic Process

Print gelatin silver

Date Acquired

Donated 1999

Donated by

Diana Hughes

Expedition

H. Staunton

Photo also owned by

Diana Hughes

This Image also appears in another collection

1999.23.1.24.1

Other Information

Notes on print/mount - "Coracle being carried back to Lhasa. Sheep carrying provisions, June 1940" written on reverse of print in blue ink in Staunton's hand.

Contemporary Publication -

Contemporary Publication - F Spencer Chapman writes ( Lhasa: The Holy City , 1940, London: Readers Union Ltd, p.64) "The coracles are rectangular and made of yak-hide stretched over a framework of willow branches. Each boat is about 8 feet by 6 feet, and weighs 80 - 90 lb. During the crossing they get swept down nearly half a mile, so the boatmen lift the coracles onto their heads and walk up-stream again, afterwards propping the boats up on one oar to dry. They float very high out of the water and are absolutely unstreamlined."

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Three men and a coracle boat and sheep" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1999.23.2.66.html>.

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