Key Information

Photographer

Hugh E. Richardson

Collection

Hugh Richardson

Date of Photo

October 8th 1939?

Region

Lhasa > Potala (foot of)

Accession number

2001.59.14.58.1

Image Dimensions

55 x 55 mm

Bearers carrying the State sedan chair and two other sedan chairs processing below the Potala which may be seen in the background. They are just passing in front of a shrine with a sloping tiled roof which was situated next to the Shol pillar. This was a rehearsal for the return of the Dalai Lama.

Further Information

Activity

Ritual Activity , Riding

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

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Rehearsal of procession below Potala" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_2001.59.14.58.1.html>.

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