Key Information

Photographer

Hugh E. Richardson

Collection

Hugh Richardson

Date of Photo

1936 - 1940

Region

Lhasa

Accession number

2001.59.14.64.1

Image Dimensions

55 x 55 mm

A sedan chair being carried by four bearers. Ahead of it walk two monks playing oboes (rgya gling) as well as a number of other monks carrying small silk, cylindrical banners. On the right, there are two of the actors from the Ache Lhamo performance one of whom is dressed as a woman with a Lhasa headress. There is a lay official on the left dressed in silk robes and spectators can be seen sitting in the background on the ground.

Further Information

Activity

Performing

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. "Sedan chair being carried by four bearers" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_2001.59.14.64.1.html>.

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