River Tsangpo at Naygo with ruins of iron bridge
2001.59.15.77.1 (Film negative)
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Key Information
Photographer
Hugh E. Richardson
Collection
Hugh Richardson
Date of Photo
1949
Region
Yarlung Valley Region > Naygo
Accession number
2001.59.15.77.1
Image Dimensions
55 x 55 mm
Further Information
Photographic Process
Negative film nitrate
Date Acquired
Donated August 2001
Donated by
The executors of the estate of Hugh E. Richardson
Expedition
Richardson's 1949 tour of the Yarlung and Chyongye valleys
Previous Catologue Number
Negative Album 9 No. 77
Manual Catalogues -
Manual Catalogues - Notes on negative album (slip cover) - 'Drikhung. Chongye. etc.' in Richardson's hand in white. (Yellow spine label) 'DRIKHUNG. CHONGYE. KOTSHAL. RGYAMA. Ganden 1948'. (Cover) - '9 DRIKHUNG. CHONGYE. YARLUNG. GYAMA. GANDEN' [KC 15/5/2006]
Manual Catalogues -
Manual Catalogues - Notes in negative index - Folio 77. 'Site of Snang-sgo' iron bridge'. [KC 30/5/2006]
Manual Catalogues -
Manual Catalogues - Richardson's Handlist, Negative book '9' 'Drikhung, Chongye etc.' [no] 77. 'There was an iron chain bridge between the two islets in the photograph. It was made by Thang-ston rgyal-po. The placeis known as Sgnas-mgo, it is on the north bank of the Gtsang-po (Brahmaputra) north of the Yarlung valley.' [KC 3/6/2006]
Other Information - Location: Richardson mentions the site in High Peaks, Pure Earth , London, Serindia Publications, 1998, p. 317. "Four miles upstream from the 'On valley a ferry crosses to Rtse-thang on the south bank. It passes two rocky islets with runed masonry towers which formerly supported one of Thang-stong rgyal-po's famous iron-chain bridges."
For Citation use:
The Tibet Album.
"River Tsangpo at Naygo with ruins of iron bridge"
05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum.
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