Key Information

Photographer

Sonam Tobgye

Collection

Hugh Richardson

Region

Yamdrok Tso Region > Samding

Accession number

2001.59.2.80.1

Image Dimensions

35 mm

An original photo of Samding (bsam lding) monastery photographed looking down from above, placed against a wooden board. Samding was the only monastery in Tibet headed by a female incarnation, Dorje Pagmo.

Further Information

Photographic Process

Negative , Copy Negative

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. "Samding Monastery" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_2001.59.2.80.1.html>.

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