Key Information

Photographer

Evan Yorke Nepean

Collection

Evan Yorke Nepean

Date of Photo

October 18th 1936

Named Person

Sera Monastery Abbot

Region

Lhasa Area > Sera

Accession number

2001.35.91.1

Image Dimensions

90 x 58 mm

The head Abbot of Sera Monastery. A group of monks can be seen in the background, as can the elaborate gold religious emblems that stood so distinctively on the roof of the main temple in the monastery as Buddhist symbols

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

This Image also appears in another collection

2001.35.396.20.4

Other Information

Notes on print/mount - 2-091; 95. [KC 28/07/2006]

Other Information - Related Images

Other Information - Related Images: Caption for this image in Nepean's album (see Same Image As) - 'The Head of Sera monastery'. [MS 28/07/2006]

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Head Abbot of Sera Monastery" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_2001.35.91.1.html>.

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