Keru temple in the 'On valley
2001.59.15.80.1 (Film negative)
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Key Information
Photographer
Hugh E. Richardson
Collection
Hugh Richardson
Date of Photo
1949
Region
Tsangpo Valley Region > 'On Valley > Keru
Accession number
2001.59.15.80.1
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. 80
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 80. 'do' [On Ke ru]. [KC 30/5/2006]
Manual Catalogues -
Manual Catalogues - Richardson's Handlist, Negative book '9' 'Drikhung, Chongye etc.' [no] 80. 'On Ke-ru, in a valley north of the Mnga'-ris. See Mkhyen-brtse p 119 note 188.
Other Information - Location: Richardson mentions this site in High Peaks, Pure Earth , London, Serindia Publications, 1998, p. 317, "Some eight miles up the 'On valley is the ancient temple of Ke-ru (1949). It has a small assembly hall and at the back of it a red-painted door in roughly carved pillars opens onto the ancient chapel in which is a superb Sakyamuni Buddha, perhaps the most beautiful in Tibet. ... There is also a chapel of Atisa with a mchod-rten in the Indian style." [KC 5/6/2006]
For Citation use:
The Tibet Album.
"Keru temple in the 'On valley"
05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum.
<http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_2001.59.15.80.1.html>.
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