Key Information

Photographer

Evan Yorke Nepean

Collection

Evan Yorke Nepean

Date of Photo

October 18th 1936

Region

Lhasa Area > Sera

Accession number

2001.35.98.1

Image Dimensions

58 x 90 mm

Ceremonial stand for a pair of radung or extendable ceremonial horns, front view. Flaming jewel decoration on top and makara heads on sides.

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.65

This Image also appears in another collection

2001.35.396.21.5 1998.131.546 1998.131.679

Other Information

Notes on print/mount - 2-098; 13. [KC 30/07/2006]

Other Information - Related Images

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

Other Information - Related Images

Other Information - Related Images: The negative for this image is in the Frederick Spencer Chapman collection at the PRM [1998.131.545]. 'YN 65' has been scratched into the bottom left corner of the negative. [MS 30/07/2006]

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Radung stand in Sera Monastery" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_2001.35.98.1.html>.

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