Key Information

Photographer

Hugh E. Richardson

Collection

Hugh Richardson

Date of Photo

1946

Region

Tolung Valley Region > Nyemo chago

Accession number

2001.59.13.23.1

Image Dimensions

85 x 60 mm

The settlement of Nyemo chag go (snye mo lcags sgo) on the bank of a river in the Nyemo valley. A large monastery may be seen on the right, cultivated fields in the foreground and mountains in the distance.

Further Information

Photographic Process

Negative film nitrate

Date Acquired

Donated August 2001

Donated by

The executors of the estate of Hugh E. Richardson

Expedition

Hugh E. Richardson

Published

‘High Peaks, Pure Earth’, Hugh Richardson, London, Serindia Publications, 1998 [view list of illustrations]

Manual Catalogues -

Manual Catalogues - Notes on negative album - 'NYEMO. SAMYE. YARLUNG. RGYAL.' is written on the cover of this blue negative album in white in Richardson's hand. [KC 24/3/2006]

Manual Catalogues -

Manual Catalogues - Notes on Blue negative album index - No. 23. 'Gorge to Nyemo Caggo'.

Manual Catalogues -

Manual Catalogues - Richardson's handlist: 'Blue Album. [No.] 23. 'Snye-mo Lcags-sgo'.

Other Information - Background: Richardson mentions journeying through Nyemo on a journey from Lhasa to Gyantse in 1946 by way of Tolung and Nyemo. High Peaks, Pure Earth , H. E. Richardson, London, Serindia Publications, 1998, p. 730.

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Settlement of Nyemo chago" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_2001.59.13.23.1.html>.

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