Key Information

Photographer

Evan Yorke Nepean

Collection

Evan Yorke Nepean

Date of Photo

November 23rd 1936?

Region

Lhasa Area >

Accession number

2001.35.196.1

Image Dimensions

90 x 58 mm

Women walking along a path in the Lhasa plain carrying loads in baskets.

Further Information

Photographic Process

Negative

Date Acquired

Loaned August 2002

Donated by

Judy Goldthorp

Expedition

British Diplomatic Mission to Lhasa 1936-37

Photo also owned by

Lady Nepean

This Image also appears in another collection

2001.35.396.36.6

Other Information - Related Images

Other Information - Related Images: Caption for this image in Nepean's album (see Same Image As) - 'Women with baskets'. [MS 30/07/2006]

Other Information - Dates

Other Information - Dates: It is possible that this photograph was taken on the occasion of the Reting Regent's return to Lhasa in November 1936 as it has been taken from exactly the same location as that of 2001.35.194.1, a young incarnate lama, which can be dated to that day [MS 30/07/2006]

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Women carrying baskets" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_2001.35.196.1.html>.

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