Key Information

Photographer

Evan Yorke Nepean

Collection

Evan Yorke Nepean

Date of Photo

August 2nd 1936

Named Person

Abbot of Kargyu Monastery

Region

Chumbi Valley Region > Kargyu

Accession number

2001.35.396.5.3

Image Dimensions

90 x 58 mm

The Abbot of Kargyu Monastery in the Chumbi Valley. The British Mission party of 1936 briefly visited the gompa and met the Abbot whilst en route to Lhasa in August of that year

Further Information

Photographic Process

Print silver

Date Acquired

Loaned August 2002

Donated by

Judy Goldthorp

Expedition

British Diplomatic Mission to Lhasa 1936-37

Photo also owned by

Lady Nepean

Previous Catologue Number

YN.8

This Image also appears in another collection

2001.35.10.1

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Abbot of Kargyu Monastery" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_2001.35.396.5.3.html>.

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