Key Information

Photographer

Hugh E. Richardson

Collection

Hugh Richardson

Date of Photo

1937-39

Region

Gyantse > British Trade Agency

Accession number

2001.59.3.17.1

Image Dimensions

85 X 56 mm

Khampa dancer surrounded by musicians performing in the compound of the Gyantse Trade Agency.

Further Information

Activity

Dancing , 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

Manual Catalogues -

Manual Catalogues - Notes on negative album - '3' 'MUG, LHOBRAG GORGE. GYANTSE. KHAMPA DANCERS. CHIPSHA MEN, CHOPA. APSOS DREPUNG. NORBULING. DEKYI. POTALA'

Manual Catalogues -

Manual Catalogues - Notes on negative index - 'do. [Khampa dancers Gyantse]'

Manual Catalogues -

Manual Catalogues - Richardson's Hand List: 'Album no.3 [nos.] 12-18. "Wandering party of dancers from Kham in courtyard of British Trade Agency, Gyantse".

Other Information - Dates

Other Information - Dates: The contact print for this image is part of a group of prints that all have the batch development number '621' printed on them in red ink. Others with similar red batch numbers have all been dated to the same period and this suggests that this may be a likely date range within which this photograph was taken [MS 17/12/2005]

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Kampa dancers, British Trade Agency courtyard in Gyantse" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_2001.59.3.17.1.html>.

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