Key Information

Photographer

Harry Staunton ?

Collection

Harry Staunton

Date of Photo

1940 - 1941

Named Person

Kyibu?

Region

Lhasa

Accession number

1999.23.2.7

Image Dimensions

111 x 68 mm

A party of Tibetans, seven women, two men and two children sitting on wooden chairs at a table for tea in a walled garden of trees and shrubs. There is a servant on the right holding a teapot and a tray in the foreground, left-hand corner, with a teacup and plate. One of the guests at the right of the table, whose face is not visible, is a Tibetan aristocrat with the characteristic top knot. Also beside him there is a woman with a hooped Gyantse headdress. There are ropes attached to some of the trees in the background.

Further Information

Activity

Eating and Drinking

Photographic Process

Print gelatin silver

Date Acquired

Donated 1999

Donated by

Diana Hughes

Expedition

Harry Staunton

Photo also owned by

Diana Hughes

Other Information

Notes on print/mount - On the reverse of the photograph is the printed word "Velox" and the printed number "51". [KC 17/10/2005]

Other Information - People

Other Information - People: The man in the hat might be Kyibu, who was one of the four boys who went to study at Rugby in 1913. [KC 17/10/2005]

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Tibetan party at tea in a walled garden" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1999.23.2.7.html>.

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